Poland: What next with the Constitutional Tribunal Act on Abortion?

by Leszek Rudziński

The judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal tightening the abortion law has still not been published. Politicians connected with the ruling camp do not agree on the date of publication.

The publication of the judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal on abortion was to take place on November 2. Thus, new regulations tightening the abortion law were to come into force . However, this did not happen.

Szczerski: The judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal should be published. 

Krzysztof Szczerski, the head of the presidential office, was asked about the publication of the judgment on the air of RMF FM. - According to the legal order, the judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal should be published. Period, he said. "It's not up for discussion," he added.

The politician, referring to the government's delay in printing the judgment of the constitutional court, emphasized that "there are no reasons to block this publication in any way". - It is a judgment issued by the full composition of the Constitutional Tribunal, chaired by the President of the Constitutional Tribunal. (...) There is a full tribunal, elected in accordance with the constitution, he argued.

Szczerski was also asked about the abortion law, prepared by Andrzej Duda, which talks about the possibility of termination of pregnancy when "prenatal tests or other medical conditions indicate a high probability that the child will be born still or burdened with an incurable disease or defect, leading directly and inevitably to the death of a child, regardless of the therapeutic measures used. "

The head of the presidential cabinet pointed out that "no political party was able to present any proposal, and the president was the only one who proposed the amendment". "Political parties, instead of walking the streets, have the opportunity to work in parliament and deal with a bill that is a compromise," he said.

Muller: At the moment it is necessary to weaken these emotions

The government spokesman Piotr Muller also argued on Polish Radio that "the judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal will be binding and nobody intends to refuse to publish it". Read more via Echodnia