TaylorSwift 162,312 Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Polish protesters paid tribute Monday to a woman who died in the 22nd week of pregnancy, with reproductive rights activists saying she is the first person to die as a result of a restriction of Poland’s abortion law. A lawyer specializing in medical malpractice wrote on social media about the death of the woman who whose fetus lacked amniotic fluid. She said the doctors waited for the fetus to die, and after that the woman died from septic shock. A lawyer called the death the consequence of the constitutional court’s ruling. The woman told family and friends in messages from the hospital that doctors were taking a “wait-and-see attitude” and not terminating the pregnancy immediately due to the restrictions on legal abortions. The woman was 30 and left behind a husband and daughter. Poland, a mostly Catholic country, passed a strict law in 1993 that banned abortions except in three cases: if the pregnancy results from rape or incest; if the woman’s life or health is at risk; or if the fetus had congenital deformities. But the Constitutional Tribunal, under the influence of Poland’s conservative ruling party, ruled last year that abortions for congenital defects were not constitutional. In theory, the woman should have been able to terminate the pregnancy if her life was at risk. But reproductive rights activists say that restrictive abortion laws tend to make doctors fearful of terminating pregnancies even in legal cases. “When the laws are very repressive and carry sanctions for doctors, they tend to interpret the law even more rigidly than the wording of the law to avoid taking personal risks,” said Irene Donadio with the International Planned Parenthood Federation. source https://store.taylorswift.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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