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The European Court of Human Rights awarded €16,495 to a Polish woman forced to seek abortion in the Netherlands due to Poland's near-total abortion ban.
- Earlier this year, the European Court of Human Rights ordered Poland to pay damages after the woman, born in 1981, was forced to travel to a private clinic in the Netherlands following a legal amendment.
- Poland's Constitutional Court found the 1993 Polish law allowing abortion for foetal defects unconstitutional in October 2020, creating a near-total ban that permits abortion only for rape, incest, or to save the mother's life.
- The Strasbourg-based ECHR ruled the delays and legal uncertainty amounted to interference, citing the 'situation of prolonged uncertainty' and a similar January 28, 2021 case.
- The court awarded monetary damages, ordering Poland to pay 1,495 euros for pecuniary damage and 15,000 euros in other damages, while Natalia Broniarczyk called it a 'fair decision' and President Karol Nawrocki vowed vetoes.
- Every day, seven women travel abroad for an abortion, while official numbers show just under 900 abortions were performed in hospitals last year in Poland.
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