Death of pregnant woman ignites debate about abortion ban in Poland

Tens of thousands of Poles took to the streets to protest in January this year when a Constitutional Tribunal ruling from October 2020 that terminating pregnancies with fetal defects was unconstitutional came into effect, eliminating the most frequently used case for legal In Ireland, the death of 31-year-old Savita Halappanavar in 2012 after she was refused a termination provoked a national outpouring of grief credited by many as a catalyst for the liberalization of abortion laws.Budzowska told Reuters that a debate similar to the one that took place in Ireland was underway in Poland.”Both Izabela’s family and I personally hope that this case … will lead to a change in the law in Poland,” she said.Poland’s president proposed changing the law last year to make abortions possible in cases where the fetus was not viable. The Law and Justice dominated parliament has yet to debate the bill.