Tryglaw
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Just look up Poland + Abortion, but here's some quality yellow journalism from CNN:
edition.cnn.com
Quote:
"The move to further restrict abortion had been pursued by Poland's populist government for months, and has raised alarm among women's rights campaigners and human rights watchdogs."
"The Constitutional Court's Thursday ruling marked the first change to Polish abortion law since 1993, but comes after a years-long effort from the country's right-wing government to curtail access to terminations."
Nope, they've been avoiding the topic and kicking it down the line every time it came up and every way they could, to the point of alienating some of their base over promises being ignored, and in stark contrast to cases where when they really wanted to, laws were written and passed literally overnight, while abortion issue was "in the freezer" for one full term and a good chunk of the subsequent term as Law & Justice rules for second term in row by the way. The issue was forced by law suit by pro-life groups not part of L&J (which are pseudo-conservatives anyway).
If L&J had it their way the Holy Status Quo would have remained untouched.
"The ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) has placed anti-abortion rhetoric at the heart of its socially conservative agenda, and attempted to pass a bill banning abortions due to fetal defects in the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic."
Aaand rhetoric only. They rule for second term now, for the first term they had majority in both chambers of the Parliament plus their own President. For the second term, majority in lower chamber of Parliament, and 48 out of 100 Senators in the upper, plus the President.
If they actually wanted to push through changes, they could do so at any time.
What there was in truth, was some debate as the L&J did everything they could to do nothing at all and kick the bucket down the line.
For ther record, not one political party that has held power in Poland offered to settle this democratically, by national referendum. Which would be interesting since shrill feminists (lauded by MSM) aside, younger generations seem to favour pro-life stance more and more then pro-choice.
A more balanced (amazingly enough, since most mainstream just repeats the same few slogans over and over again) report is here:
www.catholicworldreport.com
And an Orthodox view:
Poland moves to near-total ban on abortion, sparking protests | CNN
Poland's highest court ruled Thursday that abortions due to fetal defects are unconstitutional, moving the country towards a near-total ban on terminations and sparking angry protests in the capital Warsaw.
edition.cnn.com
Quote:
"The move to further restrict abortion had been pursued by Poland's populist government for months, and has raised alarm among women's rights campaigners and human rights watchdogs."
"The Constitutional Court's Thursday ruling marked the first change to Polish abortion law since 1993, but comes after a years-long effort from the country's right-wing government to curtail access to terminations."
Nope, they've been avoiding the topic and kicking it down the line every time it came up and every way they could, to the point of alienating some of their base over promises being ignored, and in stark contrast to cases where when they really wanted to, laws were written and passed literally overnight, while abortion issue was "in the freezer" for one full term and a good chunk of the subsequent term as Law & Justice rules for second term in row by the way. The issue was forced by law suit by pro-life groups not part of L&J (which are pseudo-conservatives anyway).
If L&J had it their way the Holy Status Quo would have remained untouched.
"The ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) has placed anti-abortion rhetoric at the heart of its socially conservative agenda, and attempted to pass a bill banning abortions due to fetal defects in the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic."
Aaand rhetoric only. They rule for second term now, for the first term they had majority in both chambers of the Parliament plus their own President. For the second term, majority in lower chamber of Parliament, and 48 out of 100 Senators in the upper, plus the President.
If they actually wanted to push through changes, they could do so at any time.
What there was in truth, was some debate as the L&J did everything they could to do nothing at all and kick the bucket down the line.
For ther record, not one political party that has held power in Poland offered to settle this democratically, by national referendum. Which would be interesting since shrill feminists (lauded by MSM) aside, younger generations seem to favour pro-life stance more and more then pro-choice.
A more balanced (amazingly enough, since most mainstream just repeats the same few slogans over and over again) report is here:
Poland and Abortion: Facts and Falsehoods
www.catholicworldreport.com
And an Orthodox view:
