Looking at Poland today I remember back in 1995 when I was studying politics. My Professor was a grizzled old expert on East West relations and he said that Poland had the best chances of any of the former Soviet Bloc countries. The people there were industrious, well educated and well situated to start a booming trade with the west.
But that right now they were deciding between being run by the military, the communists or the Catholic church. Professor was a staunch advocate for democracy but he said the best of the three alternatives might be the military.
Just below the headline:
>Abortion is allowed in the country only in cases of rape or incest, or if the life of the mother is endangered.
Sounds like the doctors misdiagnosed the lethality of the complications with the pregnancy.
>while the law does allow abortions in cases where there is a risk to the mother’s health, bearing a fetus with birth defects can itself be a threat to health. The ruling, by not allowing pregnancy in cases of birth defects, requires women to carry the fetus for longer, increasing the danger. It is then difficult to determine when exactly the threat is large enough to justify termination.
Same as above, they didn’t see the danger soon enough.
>A situation of medical uncertainty and legal uncertainty arose
There is no legal uncertainty. When a law, any law, has an exception, the exception always takes priority.
As for medical uncertainty, I’m no doctor, but I’d assume that they knew if a situation is life-threatening or not.
To me it looks like they’re trying to pin a medical mistake to a clear-cut law. Regardless of whether the law is good or bad, I don’t take ethical sides here. The law, as written, allows aborting in such cases.
It would be amazing if us, Europeans, could vote Poland out of this union. I’m fucking ashamed that we’re paying for this.
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Looking at Poland today I remember back in 1995 when I was studying politics. My Professor was a grizzled old expert on East West relations and he said that Poland had the best chances of any of the former Soviet Bloc countries. The people there were industrious, well educated and well situated to start a booming trade with the west.
But that right now they were deciding between being run by the military, the communists or the Catholic church. Professor was a staunch advocate for democracy but he said the best of the three alternatives might be the military.
Just below the headline:
>Abortion is allowed in the country only in cases of rape or incest, or if the life of the mother is endangered.
Sounds like the doctors misdiagnosed the lethality of the complications with the pregnancy.
>while the law does allow abortions in cases where there is a risk to the mother’s health, bearing a fetus with birth defects can itself be a threat to health. The ruling, by not allowing pregnancy in cases of birth defects, requires women to carry the fetus for longer, increasing the danger. It is then difficult to determine when exactly the threat is large enough to justify termination.
Same as above, they didn’t see the danger soon enough.
>A situation of medical uncertainty and legal uncertainty arose
There is no legal uncertainty. When a law, any law, has an exception, the exception always takes priority.
As for medical uncertainty, I’m no doctor, but I’d assume that they knew if a situation is life-threatening or not.
To me it looks like they’re trying to pin a medical mistake to a clear-cut law. Regardless of whether the law is good or bad, I don’t take ethical sides here. The law, as written, allows aborting in such cases.
It would be amazing if us, Europeans, could vote Poland out of this union. I’m fucking ashamed that we’re paying for this.