The Scottish Nationalist leader said that repeated polls since the vote had shown increased support for independence.
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Sturgeon has said Britain’s June vote to leave the European Union, dragging Scotland with it, has shifted the debate dramatically just two years after Scots voted by 10 percentage points to reject independence.
Speaking in Stirling, she will call it the “biggest political listening exercise” in the party’s history.
“Some of us simply don’t want to, some of us worry about the impact on our career – and there is still so much to do, through better childcare, more progressive working practices and more enlightened attitudes, to make sure we don’t feel we have to choose”.
“The people of Scotland deserve to know why the First Minister is changing her tune”.
“If the miscarriage hadn’t happened, would I be sitting here as first minister right now?”
Labour was pipped to third place by the Tories in the 2016 Scotitsh Parliament elections; Ms Davidson’s party won 22.9 per cent of the vote to Kezia Dugdale’s 19 per cent.
Political science professor Matt Qvortrup, once described by Salmond as “the world’s foremost expert on constitutional referendums”, said a second Scottish vote would need Downing Street approval.
Ms Sturgeon said the Brexit vote and the decision of Labour to “press the self-destruct button” had created a “double whammy” that made it necessary to look again at independence.
“We want Scotland to move on”.
A YouGov poll of more than 1,000 Scots found 46% of respondents would vote for Scottish independence, while 54% want to remain in the United Kingdom, a change of 1% in favour of independence since the 2014 referendum result of 45% Yes voters and 55% No. “People in Scotland do not want another divisive referendum. It would allow us to take control of our own destiny”, Sturgeon told lawmakers from her Scottish National Party, which favours breaking off from the rest of Britain.
“There can be no doubt that Brexit raises afresh the issue of independence”, she said.
Nicola Sturgeon has revealed that she suffered a miscarriage and has said that by making her experience public she hopes to challenge assumptions about women, particularly in politics, who do not have children.
The box neglects to include any men in its list and instead features Prime Minister Theresa May, German chancellor Angela Merkel, Labour MP Angela Eagle, Leader of the Scottish Conservatives Ruth Davidson, former Green Party leader Natalie Bennett and education secretary Justine Greening. We still have to make the case and win the argument.
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In a speech that focused heavily on the economics of independence, which those leading the 2014 yes campaign acknowledge significantly weakened their case, Sturgeon said next week’s programme for government would outline measures to stimulate the Scottish economy and support jobs through the uncertainty of a Brexit.
