This is not just 'Poland being Poland.' These actions are illegal, inhumane and could spread across Europe.
Poland's near-total abortion ban came into effect last week when it was published in the country's official government gazette. Polish hospitals and medical practitioners are no longer allowed to carry out an abortion in the case of a foetal anomaly.
It's just the beginning The current abortion ruling is not the result of popular will, it is the result of an illegitimate Constitutional Tribunal that did what the PiS government failed to achieve in 2016 with its legislative proposal to ban abortion. The government shelved that legislation after massive protests. Behind these initiatives hides a powerful outfit called the Ordo Iuris Institute for Legal Culture.
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