LPR blocks Sejm discussion over amendments to abortion law

However, one of them proved to be so controversial that following an appeal from the leader of the Polish Families League (LRP), the Sejm Speaker decided to postpone the deliberations. The project envisages the right for women to have an abortion up to the twelfth week of pregnancy and to allow girls under 15 to have an abortion without their parents' consent. LRP leader Roman Giertych slammed the bill as unconstitutional. The Sejm will consider it again in about a month, when when the fourth legal expertise on it will be ready. The SLD's second bill concerns the equality of men and women. Apart from general clauses prohibiting sex discrimination, it obliges public authorities to aim to employ equal numbers of men and women. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 5, Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) A.F.