On October 22, 2020, the Polish Justice declared the 1993 law on the conditions for termination of pregnancy unconstitutional.
The European Parliament (EP) reiterated this Thursday its condemnation of the ruling of the Constitutional Court of Poland that imposes an almost total ban on abortion, considering it an example of “politicization” of the judiciary, of “systemic collapse” of the rule of law and of “Illegitimacy” of the Polish court.
In a statement released this Thursday, the European Parliament asks the Polish president, Andrzej Duda, to guarantee “quickly and fully” access to safe, legal and free abortion in his country and maintains that the resolution, issued on October 22, 2020, puts the lives and health of women at risk.
MEPs regretted that the ruling leads Polish citizens to resort to unsafe voluntary interruptions, travel abroad or complete the pregnancy against their will, even in cases of serious or fatal fetal malformation, according to Parliament’s text.
Therefore, the statement adds, MEPs urged Member States to cooperate and facilitate cross-border access to authorize Polish women to have free and safe abortions in other national health systems.
“Last September, a 30-year-old Polish woman died of a septic collapse, because doctors refused to perform an abortion that would have saved her life. Instead, they decided to wait for the death of the fetus because of to restrictions on legal abortion in Poland “, reads the text of the European Parliament.
The resolution of the Community Legislative, approved with 373 votes in favor, 124 against and 55 abstentions, also condemns that the environment of women human rights defenders is increasingly “hostile” and “violent” in Poland and urges women national authorities to guarantee their right to express themselves publicly without fear of repercussions or threats.
Likewise, the EP denounced the “disproportionate” use of violence against protesters by the Polish security forces and demanded that Warsaw hold those who attack them accountable, according to the statement.
Regarding the Constitutional Court of Poland, MEPs called on the European Council to broaden the scope of its hearings to address the alleged lack of judicial independence in its investigation into the rule of law of the Baltic country.
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On October 22, 2020, the Polish Justice declared unconstitutional the 1993 law on the conditions for the termination of pregnancy, allowed until then in cases in which a high probability of serious and irreversible fetal anomaly or incurable disease of the fetus was detected. fetus.
The ruling entailed a “de facto” ban on voluntary interruptions, since the vast majority of legal abortions performed in Poland were based on the aforementioned reasons, according to the statement from the Europarliament. (I)
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