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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12817

22 October 2021
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Women
MEPs and activists regret EU’s lack of regard for abortion rights restrictions in Poland
Brussels, 21/10/2021 (Agence Europe)

On 22 October 2020, the Polish Constitutional Court declared that women’s right to abortion due to severe foetal impairment is unconstitutional, effectively banning abortion in the country (see EUROPE B12585A17).

To show its support for Polish women, the European Parliament organised a new debate on the subject on Wednesday 20 October and invited Polish activists committed to the defence of women’s rights to Strasbourg.

All this in a particularly tense context between the EU and Poland,...

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