PPEcel
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Pregnant woman’s death renews abortion ban controversy in Poland
Abortion is allowed in the country only in cases of rape or incest, or if the life of the mother is endangered.
www.politico.eu
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The death of a pregnant woman in Poland has sparked renewed political controversy as women's rights groups and opposition politicians point the finger of blame at the country’s near-total ban on abortions.
It has been one year since Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal ruled that women can terminate their pregnancies only in cases of rape or incest, or if the life of the woman is endangered. The ruling excludes fetal defects — which account for the vast majority of terminations in the country.
The death of the 30-year-old woman in a hospital in Pszczyna, southern Poland, is the first to be publicly linked to the ruling. The case dates from September but was first reported over the weekend.
A lawyer representing the woman’s family said that the medical decision to not carry out a possibly life-saving abortion was linked to the binding rules.
I mean I like abortion but it's hilarious a foid died, so...*shrugs*