Tusk says he doesn’t have the votes in parliament to liberalize Poland’s strict abortion law

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Tusk says he doesn’t have the votes in parliament to liberalize Poland’s strict ********* law

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has acknowledged that he does not have the backing in parliament to change the country’s ********* law, which is among the most restrictive in all of Europe.

Tusk, a centrist, took power in December at the head of a coalition that spans a broad ideological divide, with lawmakers on the left who want to legalize ********* and conservatives strongly opposed. Changing the law to allow ********* up to the 12th week of pregnancy was one of his campaign promises.

“There will be no majority in this parliament for legal *********, in the full sense of the word, until the next elections. Let’s not **** ourselves,” Tusk said during an event on Friday where he was asked about the matter.

Lawmakers to the parliament were elected last October for a term of four years.

Tusk said his government is instead working on establishing new procedures in the prosecutor’s office and in Polish hospitals in order to ease some of the de facto restrictions. “This is already underway and it will be very noticeable,” Tusk said.

Poland is a majority Roman ********* country where the ******* maintains a strong position. But the central ********* nation of 38 million people is also undergoing rapid secularization, going hand-in-hand with growing wealth. ********* is viewed as a fundamental issue for many voters, and a source of deep social and political divisions.

Under the current law, ********* is only allowed in the cases of ***** or ******* or if the woman’s life or health is at risk. A new restriction took effect under the previous ************* government removing a previous right to ********* in the case of fetal deformities. That sparked

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Women often cannot obtain abortions even in cases that are allowed under the law. There have been reported cases of pregnant women who ***** after medical emergencies because hospitals prioritized saving the fetus. Some doctors, particularly in ************* areas, refuse to perform abortions altogether, citing their conscience.

In cases of ***** or *******, a woman must report the ****** to the prosecutor’s office to obtain the permission from a court for the procedure. In practice women never use this route because of the stigma attached and because the legal procedure can take a long time, ********* rights activists say.

Many women, though, do have abortions, primarily using ********* pills sent from abroad or by traveling to another country.

The law does not criminalize a woman who has an ********* but it is a ****** to assist a woman having an *********. In one prominent case,

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for giving a woman ********* pills.

“I can only promise that within the framework of the existing law we will do everything to make women suffer less, to make ********* as safe as possible and accessible when a woman has to make such a decision. So that people who get involved in helping a woman are not prosecuted,” Tusk said.

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