Jake Mersch
Poland was set to officially implement its strictest ban on women having the right to have an abortion, however, nationwide protests intensified causing the government to temporarily halt the date on which the ban would take effect. Poland is a rather conservative country and has been moving farther to the political right in the past decade with the passage of this anti-abortion law as the pinnacle of their political beliefs. The passage was followed up by a high court ruling stating that fetuses with congenital defects would not be able to be aborted because this was in direct violation of the Polish constitution. The uproar has ensued and Poland is facing mounting pressure to allow women the right to choose to abort a pregnancy. Most demonstrators are demanding that the Polish government, at the least, decriminalize abortions in cases of rape without having to prove the rape case first. Overall, this reality shows that abortion is a worldwide debate and not only hotly contested in the United States.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poland-abortion-law-delay-amid-huge-protests/
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