MEPs deeply concerned about attacks on women's rights in Poland

"We, members of the European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, are deeply concerned about the government's repeated attacks on women's rights and its continued efforts to curb women's reproductive rights in Poland," Evelyn Regner, Chairwoman of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, said.
These actions culminated in a recent ruling by the Constitutional Tribunal to further limit the already limited grounds for legal abortion in Poland. This will lead to an increase in the share of secret abortions performed in dangerous conditions, revealing the dark reality of abortion in today's Poland. "We strongly condemn the Court's ruling which endangers women's health and life and violates international human rights obligations as set out by the European Court of Human Rights," Regner said.
In a statement, she said that Polish women were fighting with determination and determination, as on previous occasions, which had sparked the biggest protests the country had experienced since the fall of communism in 1989. It is a massive demonstration of the empowerment of Polish women, despite the conditions they found themselves in after legal and political changes undermined the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law in Poland.
"We are proud to see your courageous fight for your own rights and want to express, as we have done on previous occasions, our full support and solidarity with Polish women," the statement reads.
(WBJ)