{"id":180878,"date":"2018-03-28T09:17:33","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T13:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=180878"},"modified":"2018-03-29T11:16:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T15:16:14","slug":"poland-abortions-children-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/poland-abortions-children-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 100% of preborn children with disabilities in Poland are killed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In Poland right now, a debate is raging about abortion<\/a>. Currently, abortion is only legal under three circumstances: if the pregnancy threatens the mother’s life or health, if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest, and if the baby is diagnosed with a disability or birth defect. Most of the time, the abortions take place because of disability, and almost never due to a problem with the mother’s health, rape, or incest, according to Reuters<\/a>. In 2016, just under 1,100 abortions were committed; of those, 1,042 were due to disability.<\/p>\n

Not only are babies with disabilities aborted in Poland, but if they survive, they can be left to die. In a story previously covered by Live Action News,<\/a> a 24-week baby with Down syndrome was aborted. But the abortion failed, and the baby was born alive. The baby cried and screamed for an hour until the child died. Doctors and nurses did not intervene in any way to help save the child’s life. According to Amy Wiejak<\/a>, the reporter who originally broke the story several years ago, this case was horrifying for those involved.<\/p>\n