(ANSA-AFP) - WARSAW, JAN 24 - Polish Prime Minister Donald
Tusk said Wednesday his government will propose legislation to
liberalise a near-total abortion ban and ease restrictions on
the morning-after pill, which would dramatically reverse the
previous administration's policies. Both bills face an uphill
battle. It is unclear if they will garner enough support to pass
in parliament. Even if they do, the laws could still be vetoed
by the conservative president allied with right-wing populists.
Poland saw a rollback of women's reproductive rights during the
conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party's eight-year rule,
targeting access to abortion as well as in-vitro fertilisation
(IVF) and emergency contraception. A pro-European Union
coalition took power from the PiS in an election in October on
pledges to liberalise abortion laws in a country where the issue
has sparked mass protests. "We are ready to submit a bill to the
parliament in the coming hours on legal and safe abortion up to
the 12th week," Tusk told reporters. (ANSA-AFP).
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