A conservative legal group claimed that there is “a loophole that is used to allow abortion on demand”.
A conservative legal group claimed that there is “a loophole that is used to allow abortion on demand”.
The organiser of the protest condemned the ruling, which she says “violates the constitution, the law, freedom of speech and freedom of religion”.
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But the prime minister admits that his more conservative coalition partners may not support it.
She had to travel abroad to terminate her foetus, which had been diagnosed with Down syndrome.
The crime that carries a prison sentence of up to three years.
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Polling suggests most Poles do not support the idea.
Izabela passed away in hospital after doctors reportedly waited for her foetus to die before removing it.
One would end the near-total abortion ban and introduce abortion on demand; the other decriminalise helping women obtain abortions.
Mateusz Morawiecki claims he “he has always been a supporter” of the previous abortion law.
Her detention three years ago prompted protests from fellow journalists and international press organisations.
Assisting a woman unlawfully terminate her pregnancy is a crime in Poland that can carry up to three years in prison.
The church’s position – which is contradicted by leading medical bodies – has been rejected by reproductive rights organisations in Poland.
“Civic Coalition does not support” late-term abortion, one of its leaders made clear.
Poland’s highest medical council has criticised the police’s behaviour and called for an investigation.