Senate in Poland Also Votes for Easing Abortion Law
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After the first chamber in Poland, the Senate also voted for the liberalisation of abortion law, but President Nawrocki has the last word, whose approval is considered unlikely.
The Senate voted on Friday in favor of an amendment to the Penal Code that would decriminalize assisted abortion. Fifty-six senators voted in favor of passing the bill without amendments, while...
The Senate passed an amendment to the Family Planning Act, which restores the right to terminate a pregnancy in cases of severe and irreversible fetal defects or an incurable disease that threatens its life. Fifty-eight senators voted in favor of the bill. Find out what the new regulations will change, what the rules for financing abortion will be, and what data the National Health Fund (NFZ) provides on the number of procedures.
The Senate supported the provisions on the decriminalization of assistance in abortion and also supported the restoration of the possibility of terminating a pregnancy in the case of a severe fetal defect in the Family Planning Act.
On Friday (November 6), the Senate supported without amendments an amendment restoring the possibility of terminating a pregnancy due to severe and irreversible fetal defects and introducing a deadline for providing the service. The amendment will now go to the president.
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