04/11/2020 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 3 November, the Polish government announced that the entry into force of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal’s decision of 22 October, which paved the way for an almost total ban on abortion, would be postponed (see EUROPE 12588/9). Demonstrations have increased in Poland since then, with up to 100,000 people gathering in Warsaw. The government now intends to find a “compromise” which, according to the International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network, runs the risk, however, that it will “continue to harm women”. Meanwhile, “hospitals are already turning away women seeking abortion care”, said the organisation sadly on Twitter. As for Europe, while the European Parliament strongly condemned the Constitutional Tribunal’s decision (see EUROPE 12594/15), the European Commission remained quiet on the subject. Its President and the Commissioner for Equality, Helena Dalli, have only condemned the ever-increasing numbers of attacks on women’s rights in the EU, without even mentioning Poland. (AC)