They are expected to sit late into the evening to consider about 150 amendments to the bill.
MSPs will begin voting on final changes to gender recognition reforms at Holyrood later.
It cuts the need to live in their acquired gender from two years to three months, with a further three month period of reflection, and it lowers the age for applicants from 18 to 16.Ahead of the votes, Social Justice Secretary Shona Robison has written to three MSPs asking them to withdraw proposed changes to the legislation - or risk delaying its passage through parliament.
They have tabled amendments that seek to provide extra safeguards in relation to applications by sex offenders.'Outdated, dehumanising' "The proposed reforms would not only bring Scotland closer to international best practice, but also uphold trans people's human rights."Some women's groups have raised concerns that the reforms could be abused
An amendment from Labour's Pam Duncan-Glancy already backed by MSPs puts this assertion on the face of the Bill.
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