Family affairs plenipotentiary suggests liberalization of abortion law

The government's plenipotentiary for family affairs and the equal status of women and men, Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka, has announced she will strive to change the current law concerning abortion. "The current act is wrong and unfair," she said. According to Jaruga-Nowacka, today's law discriminates against uneducated and lower income women. The better educated and richer have easy access not only to contraceptives but also to illegal abortions. Minister Jaruga-Nowacka also demanded that in certain cases abortion should be allowed. According to her, liberalization of the anti-abortion law would be viewed positively by the European Union. The minister's announcement led to a number of comments from the opposition. "If this is the government's attitude, it means that we are again beginning the right-to-life war," said Law and Justice (PiS) member Kazimierz Ujazdowski. (Zycie, p. 1) A.K.