Does the President Stop the Liberalisation of Poland's Abortion Law?
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Poland's parliament has voted to ease some of the country's restrictions on abortion. However, the changes will keep the country's laws among the most restrictive in the EU The post Even if reforms pass, Poland lags far behind the rest of the EU on abortion rights appeared first on in.gr.
Prime Minister Tusk finally brought a bill to ease the ban on abortion by parliament. Nevertheless, he did not fulfill his electoral promise.
Poland has one of the strictest abortion laws in Europe. After long struggles, Poland's parliament has voted for relaxation. It is open whether President Karol Nawrocki also agrees.
Urszula Pasławska, vice president of the Polish People's Party (PSL), stated that many PiS MPs had swallowed their tongues when they voted against the bill allowing abortion in cases of severe fetal abnormalities. She noted that many of them apologized for the controversial 2020 Constitutional Tribunal ruling that ended the so-called abortion compromise.
A significant number of PSL MPs supported the decriminalization of abortion. This will alienate many moderately conservative voters, and the PSL won't win over those on the socially left anyway.
The ruling coalition is creaking again. To the surprise of almost the entire Sejm, the changes to the anti-abortion law passed. The biggest surprise was that 24 members of the Polish People's Party (PSL) caucus voted in favor. The PSL had two reasons: threats from the left against their proposal on term limits in local governments and tactical calculations. "We've been in a tail-wagging situation for months. That's it," a left-wing MP tells us.
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