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Three doctors received prison sentences for negligence causing a pregnant woman's death after abortion delays amid Poland's restrictive laws, with only 411 legal abortions in early 2025.
- A Katowice court on Tuesday sentenced three doctors to 18, 15, and 12 months over the 2021 Pszczyna case involving Izabela, 30.
- The 2020 Constitutional Tribunal ruled severe foetal abnormalities were not legal grounds for abortion, and Poland's abortion law permits termination only for rape, incest, or maternal life or health exceptions.
- Izabela's amniotic fluid ruptured and a delayed termination preceded rapid septic shock; prosecutors charged doctors and the NFZ fined the hospital 650,000 zloty after finding irregularities.
- Nationwide protesters resumed demonstrations under the slogan `Not One More`, Karolina Kolary called the sentences `It's an appropriate, fair punishment`, and doctors' lawyers said they would appeal to the Supreme Court.
- According to the NFZ, only 411 legal abortions took place in the first half of 2025, while several pregnant women have died in Polish hospitals in recent years after abortion refusals, and the centrist ruling coalition’s stalled reforms face a potential veto by President Karol Nawrocki.
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Polish doctors jailed for denying woman abortion
A Polish court on Tuesday sentenced three doctors to prison sentences over the 2021 death of a pregnant woman, which sparked nationwide protests and renewed scrutiny of the country's restrictive abortion laws.
Polish Court Upholds Jail Terms in Abortion Case
A Polish appeals court has upheld prison sentences for two doctors convicted over the death of a pregnant woman in a case that has been seized upon by pro-abortion lobbyists. The ruling, delivered by the District Court in Katowice on Tuesday, March 3rd, also toughened the sentence of a third doctor, converting a previously suspended term into an immediate custodial sentence. Izabela, a 30-year-old woman, died of septic shock in 2021 after being …
A Polish court has sentenced three doctors to prison for the death of a pregnant woman. The doctors hesitated too long to perform an abortion, and the patient died of septic shock. The defense wants to appeal to the Supreme Court.
Woman died of sepsis: Polish doctors jailed for denying woman abortion
Five years have passed since the tragic death of pregnant Izabela in a hospital in Pszczyna. The three doctors responsible for this tragedy have been sentenced. On Tuesday, March 3, the Katowice District Court finally sentenced them to prison terms ranging from one to eighteen months, as well as several-year bans from practicing their profession.
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