The Scottish government has confirmed it will not bring forward planned legislation to criminalise misogyny before next year's Holyrood election.
A bill has long been promised to improve protections for women and girls, but ministers now say there is not enough time to draw up a law which reflects the recent Supreme Court judgement on the definition of a woman.
They are instead going to amend existing hate crime legislation to provide protections on the basis of sex.
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