(Oregon Right to Life) — In a victory for pro-life advocates and the unborn, lawmakers this month voted against a bill that would have stripped away key protections for unborn human life in Poland, one of the most pro-life nations in Europe.
Lawmakers in Poland’s lower house, the Sejm, voted July 12 to reject a measure to eliminate criminal punishments for people who aid in the procurement of abortions. Current Polish law, enacted in 2021, protects the unborn at all stages of pregnancy with narrow exceptions.
The draft legislation, introduced by Poland’s Lewica party, garnered significant support from lawmakers but failed to overcome opposition from the conservative Polish People’s Party (PSL).
“Life and the constitution won,” MP Bartłomiej Wróblewski, a member of the Polish People’s Party, said after the vote, according to Notes From Poland. “The most vulgar attempt to violate the Constitution since 1989, depriving children before birth of legal protection, was defeated in the Sejm.”
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According to reports, the abortion measure was destined for failure even if it had cleared the legislature.
Polish President Andrzej Duda pledged early last week to veto it if it should reach his desk.
But pro-life protections aren’t entirely safe in Poland.
Reuters reported that two other abortion-related bills are working their way through the legislature. One would legalize elective abortions in the first trimester and another would authorize abortions in the case of fetal anomalies.
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