It should not be forgotten that the autumn elections recorded a record turnout of over 74%. The majority of these voters came out to show their support for the changes currently taking place in relation to the restoration of the rule of law. Tusk and other leaders of the current governing coalition have promised to implement this change and have no choice but to do so.
Tusk promised to present a bill to parliament to ease restrictions on abortion in Poland
Demonstration against the tightening of abortion restrictions at the end of 2020 in Warsaw. Photo: Kacper Pempel/Reuters/Scanpix
Late last week, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced in an interview on the country’s three major television channels that his party, the Citizens’ Coalition, will soon draft a bill to ease existing restrictions on abortion, which under certain conditions will be deleted. grant the right to carry out a safe abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy.
Although the prime minister did not specify details regarding the bill, it would still be a significant relief for the almost total ban on abortion currently in force in Poland, writes the Notes From Polonia portal.
However, there is no complete consensus on the issue of abortion in the Polish governing coalition. If the left with the fewest seats in the government coalition were even more liberal than Tusk’s party in supporting the right to abortion, members of the Kolmas Tee electoral alliance, which also belongs to the government, would want a referendum on this theme. .
According to the left, they are not in favor of holding a referendum on a possible easing of restrictions on abortion, because people’s fundamental rights should not be subjected to a referendum. Even Prime Minister Tusk has so far not supported holding the referendum.
According to Tusk, if easing abortion restrictions in Parliament is not possible, attempts will be made to make abortion more accessible through various regulations and policies, which are mainly the responsibility of the Ministry of Health led by Tusk’s party colleague Izabela . Leszczyna.
2024-01-16 22:01:00
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