Donald Tusk gave an interview to three news television stations at the same time. At one point in the conversation he referred to the change he had announced in the law on abortion.
Tusk received a question about abortion from TVN editor Anita Werner.
Regarding the right to legal abortion up to the twelfth week, KO will also submit its project so that a series of documents can be found in the Sejm. The one that gives the right to a safe abortion up to the 12th week under certain conditions, but in general it concerns legal and safe abortion up to the 12th week
– he said.
He then tried to blame coalition partners for the inability to change the law.
Will there be a majority in the Sejm for this? I can also take responsibility for Hołownia or Kosiniak-Kamysz. But they made no secret of the fact that they had a different opinion and got their 15%. to vote. Anyone who voted for the Polish People’s Party or Poland 2050 can have no doubt that on abortion they are in favor of the so-called compromise and then a referendum. And no one doubted that in the case of KO the project was legal and safe abortion until the twelfth week. Since I have not convinced the Marshal and Prime Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz to accept the project “legal abortion up to the twelfth week”, we will try to implement it in the Sejm. Will there be a majority in favor? Unless the Third Way changes its mind, probably not. Because there is no point in counting on PiS
– he said.
Right now, we are working primarily to ensure that regardless of progress or lack of progress in legislation, behavioral practice in Polish hospitals will radically change so that doctors will be fully aware and that specific regulations and official recommendations will be used. to ensure that they are responsible for the safety of the woman and that… to put it simply… The argument has often been made that doctors do not decide to terminate a pregnancy to save a woman’s life. We are talking about a different case than abortion up to the 12th week, but it aroused so many emotions. These unjustified deaths of women who could not wait to terminate their pregnancies put their lives at risk. The doctors said: yes, but since the time of Ziobro we are just afraid of the prosecutor’s office. So the situation will change 180 degrees. What should really worry us are those who refuse to help women in such situations. This is a normal situation for me. If a doctor refuses to give a woman life-saving treatment, that is a problem for the law, not the other way around
– he said.
Referendum on abortion
Tusk also discussed the idea of holding a referendum on the issue. He himself argued that he was against this idea.
We will not give up on our project and we will return to this conversation if it turns out that the only way to liberalize abortion laws will be a referendum. I’m against it, but if it’s the only way, we’ll come back and ask whether we should do it or not. But of course we have to ask women about this. There is already a project ready that provides over-the-counter access to the so-called morning-after pills. Simplification. He also turned out to be unexpectedly ideological. Not for me, but for some
– said the Prime Minister.
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Source: wPolityce