Women appeal to European Parliament over Polish anti abortion law
Leszek Miller, during last year's parliamentary election campaign, promised
to liberalize the anti abortion law. Now it seems that he might not keep his
word. "This issue is socially divisive and our anti-abortion law is one of
the most restrictive in Europe. I think we should follow the law in the
European Union, while bearing in mind our relationship with the Church," the
Senate Speaker Longin Pastusiak told Gazeta Wyborcza. This opinion shocked
Polish women, provoking a hundred female celebrities to send an open letter
to the European Parliament, accusing the coalition government of "collusion"
whereby the Church supports Poland's integration with Europe in exchange for
the government resigning from raising the abortion issue. Representatives of
the Church and the government both denied the accusations. (Gazeta Wyborcza,
p. 3) A.Z.
