A closer look at “Poland’s Parliament Votes to Ease Abortion Ban but Faces Likely Veto from President”, exactly as the source publishes it. Poland’s lower house of parliament, the Sejm, has approved two bills aimed at loosening the country’s near-total abortion ban. The measures would remove criminal penalties for those who assist women in obtaining abortions and permit terminations in cases of fetal abnormalities. However, the legislation is expected to be vetoed by President Andrzej Duda, whose nationalist Law and Justice party has staunchly opposed abortion rights.
Campaigners have called the move a “small-scale step” and are planning protests to pressure the government to fulfill its promises to overhaul the restrictive laws. Poland currently has some of the strictest abortion regulations in Europe, allowing terminations only in cases of rape, incest, or risk to the mother’s life. The full version stays on the original page, which this listing opens directly.