On Thursday 11 November, MEPs will be asked to support a new resolution defending abortion rights, the fourth in a year. The Parliament will reiterate its “strong condemnation” of Poland’s near-total ban on abortion, expressed openly in a plenary debate last month (see EUROPE B12817A6).
Since this debate, the situation in the country has become even more tense. A large demonstration was held in Warsaw on Saturday 6 November after the death of a young pregnant woman, which human...