Right for life: Why Polish abortion stance out of EU step?

International human rights law promises women the right to control their body, sexuality and reproduction. But when it comes to abortion, Catholic nations struggle with the interpretation. RT's Aleksey Yaroshevsky went to Poland - a predominantly Catholic country - to see how the question is handled there.

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[jutka]

You're an idiot. Doctors told her she might go blind from the physical stress of giving birth. THEN who will look after her existing children? YOU??

[hectorbolshevik]

Abortion was one of the first things Solidarnosc criminalized after the counter-revolution. Now, its the European Iran. It was a serious blow against women's rights in Poland. Sex education is also illegal, little wonder why Poland has one of the highest teen pregnancies in Europe.

[reviewreviewer1]

@fileboy2002 Anynomous sources will ponly atracted certain people andf can`t be checked, also they ask diffwrent questions per nation but also, most of the nations were abortion is illegal the law doesn`t function, if you are going to include africa or asia inb this compared to miost western nations it is very very easy to get that conckusion, they rarely compare it too some of the civilised illegal abortion countries.

[fileboy2002]

@reviewreviewer1 You check by use of anonymous surveys, which is what the WHO study relied on. This is the same method we use in the US to project election results--they are usually referred to in the press as "exit polls". As I am sure you know, exit polls are an EXTREMELY accurate predictor of election results. Sorry, but the methodology of this study was 100% sound.

[reviewreviewer1]

@fileboy2002 Also such a study trusts on people being honest on this subject, and also how would you even check how many illegal abortions are when they are in secret?

[fileboy2002]

@reviewreviewer1 I hope you'll forgive me if I give more weight to a careful scientific study than to your personal opinion.

[reviewreviewer1]

@fileboy2002 First of all to believe it is true you have to believe most women dear to break the lawto avoid pain or worries over their child, that they would risk that, most people are pragmatists and will mostrly just support what law is exsitent at the moment, like with the holocaust, second if abortionclinics and doctors would be prosecuted how would there be so many backally abortions????? But also then why doesn`t this apply to other crimes?? how would so many abrtionds escape the police??

[fileboy2002]

@reviewreviewer1 Not every study is flawed. That's just rubbish. Some studies are flawed, some aren't. If you believe this particular study is flawed, then please explain to me what the flaws are. You can't just reject evidence because it doesn't fit in with what you would like to believe.

[reviewreviewer1]

@fileboy2002 Which like any study is flawed!!!!

[fileboy2002]

@reviewreviewer1 You are quite frankly wrong. But don't take my word for it. Google, "Legal or not, abortion rates compare." You'll find a New York Times article about the WHO study, plus a link to the actual study itself.

[reviewreviewer1]

@fileboy2002 That is quite framkly impossible with less doctors and with the fear of punishment there will be less, and there is little abortions in Chili and Ireland.

[fileboy2002]

@reviewreviewer1 The WHO did a massive international study and found the legal status of abortion had zero effect on abortion rates. Legal or illegal, abortion rates don't change. The only thing that changes when abortions are illegal is more women die.