> As you may know, Poland is one of the few European countries where abortion is only semi-legal. That is, available only under certain conditions, namely:
The author forgot to mention that abortions under those conditions can – and not infrequently **are** – still be denied. In particular, there’s about 250 reported rapes every year (and god knows how many unreported). Data from other countries suggest about 20% of rapes result in pregnancies; however, our legal system requires the case to be prosecuted and the prosecutor in charge to issue a permit to terminate the pregnancy. I’ve checked the data for a number of preceding years and found that less than 10% of such cases receives a permit to terminate.
This seems like equality women was fighting for. No one have right to especape from consequences
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It’s just religious conservatism. Plain and simple. The sooner we get over it the better.
It’s the Polish government’s abortion stance. [The large majority of Poles oppose the new law.](https://www.rp.pl/spoleczenstwo/art38100641-sondaz-ponad-80-proc-polakow-za-liberalizacja-przepisow-dotyczacych-aborcji)
Understanding? No, it just can’t be understood.
> As you may know, Poland is one of the few European countries where abortion is only semi-legal. That is, available only under certain conditions, namely:
The author forgot to mention that abortions under those conditions can – and not infrequently **are** – still be denied. In particular, there’s about 250 reported rapes every year (and god knows how many unreported). Data from other countries suggest about 20% of rapes result in pregnancies; however, our legal system requires the case to be prosecuted and the prosecutor in charge to issue a permit to terminate the pregnancy. I’ve checked the data for a number of preceding years and found that less than 10% of such cases receives a permit to terminate.
This seems like equality women was fighting for. No one have right to especape from consequences