Poland plans to set up register of pregnancies to report miscarriages
Also: Polish women protest attempts to further restrict abortion (Associated Press)
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Source: The Guardian
Poland plans to set up register of pregnancies to report miscarriages
Proposed register would come into effect in January, a year after near-total ban on abortion
Weronika Strzyżyńska
Fri 3 Dec 2021 15.56 GMT
The Polish government are planning to introduce a centralised register of pregnancies which would oblige doctors to report all pregnancies and miscarriages to the government.
The proposed register would come into effect in January 2022, a year after Poland introduced a near-total ban on abortion.
This has raised serious concerns for women’s rights activists, who believe that in light of Poland’s near-total abortion ban, the register could be used to cause legal difficulties for women who have self-administered abortions.
The draft legislation is part of a wide ranging project to update the medical information system in Poland.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/dec/03/poland-plans-to-set-up-register-of-pregnancies-to-report-miscarriages
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Source: Associated Press
Polish women protest attempts to further restrict abortion
By AP • Updated: 01/12/2021
Women’s rights activists in Poland used red paint to symbolise blood as they protested on Tuesday against a government plan to register every pregnancy in a national database and as parliament prepares to debate a new proposal to further restrict abortion.
The activists fear the database will allow Poland's right-wing authorities to track whether pregnancies end in a birth and create a possible tool for prosecutions. The health minister denied that recently, saying there is “no pregnancy register,” and the government was just making a routine shift from paper to digital files.
Poland last year restricted its already conservative abortion law and abortions are now only allowed in cases of rape or incest, or if the woman’s life or health is in danger.
In practice, Polish women travel abroad for abortions in other European countries, including the Netherlands and Slovakia, and there are groups who assist them.
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Read more: https://www.euronews.com/2021/11/30/polish-women-protest-attempts-to-further-restrict-abortion
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