SLD and UP propose amendments to abortion law

Next year, after the EU referendum, the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) and Labor Union (UP) will begin the liberalization of legislation concerning abortion," declared SLD's secretary general, Marek Dyduch. The proposed amendment to the legislation will probably be announced in the name of the Senate's left. According to Dyduch, the two parties will be striving to legalize the right to abortion under certain circumstances. "Clearly this law will have to encompass only certain social conditions," said Dyduch. At present, abortion is illegal with three exceptions: when a woman's life or health is threatened, when the pregnancy results from a criminal act (rape or incest), and when prenatal examinations show irreversible damage to the fetus. The proposed changes to the law would add 'extreme financial and/or living conditions' to this list. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) A.C.