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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11988

24 March 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 24 / 31
NEWS BRIEFS / Poland
Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner, Nils Muižnieks, urges Parliament to cease examination of anti-abortion initiative

23/03/2018 (Agence Europe)The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Nils Muižnieks, has called upon the Polish Parliament to drop its examination of the anti-abortion initiative launched by a group of Polish citizens. The Commissioner stresses that Poland already has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe, allowing abortion under just three circumstances. If adopted, the law would ban therapeutic abortion where the foetus is seriously damaged, even...

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EUROPEAN COUNCIL
SECTORAL POLICIES
EXTERNAL ACTION
INSTITUTIONAL
NEWS BRIEFS
CORRIGENDUM
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