An American-born Catholic teacher in Scotland was fired for telling her pupils that, because of her religion, she opposes abortion.
Sarah Morse, 66, lost her job at Arbroath High School in November 2025 and is now taking legal action against the Angus Council, the local government authority.
Morse had been asked by curious 14–15 year-old students her opinions concerning a wide range of topics, including abortion, transgender issues, ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement), and President Donald Trump.
The Georgia-born teacher explained that she is against abortion but told the class it was “fine to disagree” with her view.
Morse told her class “I am a faithful Roman Catholic and I am against it.”
She was then summoned to the school office at the end of the day and said that she was “stunned” to find that she had been fired for her statements just hours before.
“I was summarily dismissed … I was not offered any sort of right of reply, asked for my account of what happened or how my legally protected beliefs were raised in the context of a history class, and the head teacher wouldn’t even see me,” Morse told The Sunday Times.
“To be ‘canceled’ and lose my livelihood because of my religious identity is a terrifying precedent for the teaching profession in Scotland,” she said, according to The Times.