Polish MPs debate liberalising right to abortion on demand - BBC News

Abortion in Poland is heavily restricted, but the new prime minster has pledged to liberalise the law.

20 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFPImage caption, Equality Minister Katarzyna Kotula (L) and a coalition colleague hold a mock-up of an invoice for the money owed by the state for abortionsBy Adam EastonBBC News, WarsawPolish MPs have held a landmark debate on whether the state should give women the right to abortion on demand for the first time in more than 30 years.

The Catholic faith remains strong in Poland and many expected the debate to provoke strong, perhaps stormy emotions.

But many MPs didn't take the time to turn up and listen.

Few MPs for the right-wing opposition attended, while there were also many absences from government members.

Women comprise just 29% of parliamentarians in Poland's lower house, the Sejm, but the speakers during the debate were mostly women.

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