Poland: Reject Bill to Further Limit Abortion Rights
| Publisher | Human Rights Watch |
| Publication Date | 22 March 2018 |
| Cite as | Human Rights Watch, Poland: Reject Bill to Further Limit Abortion Rights, 22 March 2018, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/5b39f221a.html [accessed 22 May 2023] |
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Proposed Bill Continues Roll Back on Reproductive Rights
March 22, 2018 11:13AM EDT
Women gesture as people gather in an abortion rights campaigners' demonstration to protest against plans for a total ban on abortion in front of the ruling party Law and Justice (PiS) headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, October 3, 2016. © 2016 Reuters
(Warsaw) – Poland's Parliament should listen to the voices of women across Poland and reject a regressive legislative proposal that would erode reproductive rights, more than 200 human and women's rights groups from across the globe said in a statement issued today.
The Parliament is debating a draft bill entitled "Stop Abortion." If adopted, this legislation will severely limit the already restricted grounds on which women can lawfully access abortion in Poland. It will place women's health and lives at risk and violate Poland's international human rights obligations, the groups said.
The statement calls on Polish lawmakers to cease relentless attempts to roll back the reproductive rights of women in Poland and underlines the danger that will be posed to women and girls in Poland if the regressive law is adopted.
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