Poland: no more women should die because of the restrictive law on abortion
A year after the Polish Constitutional Tribunal’s ruling, members of the European Parliament are calling on the government to lift the ban on abortion that puts women’s lives at risk. Over the last 10 months, only 300 Polish women accessed abortion services in hospitals on the grounds of a threat to life and health. Last September, a 30-year-old Polish woman died of septic shock because her doctors did not perform a life-saving abortion, waiting instead for the foetus to die because of the restrictions on legal abortions in Poland. In a resolution adopted on Thursday by 373 votes in favour, 124 against and 55 abstentions, MEPs call on the Polish government to ensure that no more women in Poland die because of this restrictive law. They reiterate their strong condemnation of the illegitimate Constitutional Tribunal’s ruling of 22 October 2020 imposing a near-total ban on abortion and putting women’s health and lives at risk. They urge the Polish government to swiftly and fully guarant