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Abortion in Poland is illegal except in cases where the pregnancy is a result of a criminal act or when the woman's life or health is in danger. [1] The last change in the Act on Pregnancy Planning of the Republic of Poland took place on 27 January 2021, when publication of the judgment of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal in the Dziennik Ustaw RP took place.
Abortion law became more liberalised in Eastern Europe in the 1950s after the installation of communist regimes across the Eastern Bloc. The reintroduction of abortion in Soviet law in 1955 [28] was accompanied by similar changes in: Hungary – 1953 [29] Poland and Bulgaria – 1956 [30] Czechoslovakia and Romania – 1957 [31]
Poland is debating changes to its near-total abortion ban on Thursday, re-opening one of the country’s thorniest social and political debates in an effort to overhaul some of the strictest laws ...
Poland’s parliament is finally holding a long-awaited debate on liberalizing the country's strict abortion law. The traditionally Catholic nation has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe ...
Tusk's government, which took office in December, has vowed to ease the situation with amendments to the current law. Abortion is allowed in Poland until the 12th week of pregnancy if it threatens ...
Abortion laws vary widely among countries and territories, and have changed over time. ... [10] [11] [8] In the 1930s, several countries (Poland, Turkey, Denmark, ...
Poland’s strict anti-abortion laws had already set the country apart from its European ... Poles can travel to seek an abortion. Polish women still undergo an estimated 150,000 abortions each ...
Poland's lower house rejected a bill on Friday that sought to scrap penalties for people who help someone to get an abortion, highlighting deep divisions in the ruling coalition over easing one of ...