{"id":221979,"date":"2020-04-16T12:40:55","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T17:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=221979"},"modified":"2023-11-14T20:42:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T02:42:45","slug":"poland-considers-legislation-protect-preborn-babies-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/poland-considers-legislation-protect-preborn-babies-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland considers legislation to protect preborn babies with disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Right to Life UK<\/a>) Poland\u2019s parliament will consider pro-life legislation this week<\/a> seeking to protect unborn babies from disability-selective abortion.<\/p>\n

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Unlike most of Europe, Poland protects unborn babies from abortion in most circumstances. Terminations are only permissible after rape or incest, if the mother\u2019s life is at risk, or in cases of foetal abnormality \u2013 including Down\u2019s syndrome.<\/p>\n

The proposed legislation<\/a> would remove the last provision and protect unborn babies from discriminatory disability-selective abortions.<\/p>\n

Polling within the country has revealed there is strong support for pro-life measures in the country. A CBOS poll found<\/a> that 75% of Polish people think abortion is \u201calways wrong and can never be justified.\u201d Meanwhile, only 7% thought there was \u201cnothing wrong with it and could always be justified.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additionally, the proposed legislation comes from a Citizens\u2019 Initiative which received support from over 830,000 Polish residents, indicating further strong support for a change in law.<\/p>\n

Under Polish law, the parliament which formed following the October 2019 election, has a legal duty to consider any Citizens\u2019 Initiative bills which receive over 100,000 signatures within 6 months of its formation \u2013 in this case by May 2020.<\/p>\n