{"id":327572,"date":"2025-03-11T14:46:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T19:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=327572"},"modified":"2025-03-10T22:03:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T03:03:37","slug":"polish-woman-defamation-doctor-coerce-abort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/polish-woman-defamation-doctor-coerce-abort\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish woman charged for defamation after stating that doctor tried to coerce her to abort"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A mother of three in Poland has been convicted<\/a> of and sentenced for defamation after she alleged online that a doctor had pressured her to have an abortion.<\/p>\n

Two years ago, a woman named Weronika responded to an online question from another woman asking for recommendations on doctors who specialize in high-risk pregnancies. According to The Poland Report, “the doctor in question, Piotr A.,” had previously diagnosed Weronika’s preborn child with Down syndrome and then allegedly pressured her to have an abortion. Weronika shared this online with the woman and further alleged that Piotr A. had offered to commit an illegal abortion on her child in his private facility. She continued to refuse his pressure to abort, and her child was born without Down syndrome.<\/p>\n

Most preborn children are protected from abortion in Poland, with exceptions for health of the mother and babies conceived in rape and incest.<\/p>\n