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New MSP drives home importance of Moray maternity services


By Alan Beresford

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NEW SNP MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast Karen Adam used her first speech to drive home the importance of consultant-led maternity services available for residents in Moray.

Ms Adam has been campaigning to support the Keep MUM organisation. She met with the group for the first time on June 4

She said: “The year is 2021, we should acknowledge that bringing human beings into this world in a safe, secure and as comfortable as possible environment should be a basic human right for all involved.

"Too often women’s health is not prioritised as we often just get on and don’t make the fuss, after all ‘babies are born everyday since the dawn of time’ some have said.

“Thankfully attitudes have changed and we now know and understand the significant importance of how and where a child is born, and how this can impact on the physical and mental health of the mother and not only that, the child.

“If we truly want to give children in Scotland the best start in life we must ensure that it starts with the care and attention received during pregnancy and the moment of arrival at birth. That is the very start. I want the best start in life for my constituents.”

During the speech, Ms Adam gave a nod to Pride month and to her predecessor by wearing rainbow coloured galluses. Stewart Stevenson, former MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, was affectionately known in parliament for wearing eccentric attire, including what he dubbed as his “galluses.”


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