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April 12, 2024

Poland Begins Debate on Rolling Back Abortion Ban Under New Liberal Leader
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Polish lawmakers have begun debating reforms to the country's near-total
abortion ban, more than three years after mass protests against the ban
rocked Poland. Poland's liberal new Prime Minister Donald Tusk pledged
to bring abortion rights back, but his wide-ranging political coalition
remains deeply divided on the issue. This is Dorota Olko of the Left
Together party.

Dorota Olko: "Removing the provisions on imprisonment for assisting in
abortion from the Penal Code is the first necessary step to the safety
of pregnant women in our country. The place of abortion is in the
medical textbook, not in the criminal code."



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