JK Rowling calls for taxpayers' money to be 'withheld' from rape charity after trans woman quits as boss of support service for victims

JK Rowling last night called for taxpayers' money to be 'withheld' from a rape charity after a trans woman quit as boss of a support service for victims. Writing on X, Ms Rowling said 'government funding for Rape Crisis Scotland should be withheld if a single-sex service can't be guaranteed, because that's what the overwhelming majority of female survivors want and need'. JK Rowling last night called for taxpayers' money to be 'withheld' from a rape charity after a trans woman quit as boss of a support service for victims Mridul Wadhwa stepped down after a damning review found the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre – which she headed – had hindered victims' access to biologically female counsellors She added: 'This problem starts at the governmental level. Writing on X, Ms Rowling said 'government funding for Rape Crisis Scotland should be withheld if a single-sex service can't be guaranteed, because that's what the overwhelming majority of female survivors want and need' The Scottish Government's Equalities Minister Kaukab Stewart said: 'We continue to fund ERCC to support survivors of rape and sexual assault, as we do for rape crisis centres across the country' Ms Brindley was asked yesterday whether she would quit. Equalities Minister Kaukab Stewart said: 'We continue to fund ERCC to support survivors of rape and sexual assault, as we do for rape crisis centres across the country.'