Number of legal abortions in Poland drops by 90 per cent

01-08-2022

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Number of legal abortions in Poland drops by 90 per cent

Poland counted 107 legal abortions in 2021. That is ten times less than in previous years. Most likely, this is due to the near-total ban on abortions, a ruling from the Constitutional Tribunal.

Polish Police officers walk past refugees from Ukraine resting at the Polish/Ukrainian border crossing in Medyka. Photo AFP, Wojtek Radwanski

Weekly column from Poland: Never before, my country was so anti-Catholic

As Polish society was heading towards becoming more secular, liberal and Western, the conservative Polish government had decided to fill the country with immigrants that would have been way more traditional.

Protest against the Polish restriction of the abortion policy. Photo EPA, Martin Divisek

Poland tries to prevent abortion tourism to Czech Republic

The Polish government has tried to prevent abortion tourism to the neighbouring Czech Republic. The embassy in Prague requested the Czech government not to introduce legislation that makes it easier for Polish women to obtain an abortion.

Stop abortion. A father went with his son to an anti-abortion demonstration in Warsaw, Poland. Photo AFP, Janek Skarzynski

New abortion law makes Poland an outsider in the EU

Poland’s abortion law has been tightened in January 2021. That brings anger and uncertainty in the country. Crowds of people took to the streets to protest but without success. For the Roman Catholic Church, however, is the current situation a long-cherished wish come true.

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