The president of the left-wing club Anna Maria Żukowska said that on Tuesday she would meet with the leader of Poland 2050 Szymon Hołownia on the re-submission of the bill on decriminalization of abortion aid. According to the spokeswoman of the club KO Dorota Loboda, the draft of the Left will be signed by Members of the KO.
In mid-July, the Sejm did not pass an amendment to the Penal Code; the draft, reported by the Left, assumed decriminalization of abortion assistance and the killing of the conceived kid with the consent of the parent until the 12th week of pregnancy.
On Monday evening, Żukowska told PAP that the Left would submit the task again, but it has not yet been decided whether it will do it together with Members of the Civic Coalition and Poland 2050 or alone. – We're waiting for the another 2 clubs to sign off on it. She stressed.
The president of the Left Club reported that a gathering was held with a typical of KO on Monday morning. She besides informed that on Tuesday she would meet with the talker of the Sejm, the leader of Poland 2050 Simon Holovnia.
On whether or not members of the KO club signed under the Left's project, PAP asked the spokeswoman of the KO club Dorothy Loboda. The messenger confirmed. – It has been decided that we will sign this as the civilian Coalition – she said.
The draft amendment to the Criminal Code was 1 of 4 parliamentary projects which, after the April session of the Sejm, were directed to the Extraordinary Commission to consider draft laws on the right to terminate pregnancy. The committee members dealt with him first.
In late June, the committee gave a affirmative opinion on the project.
Currently, Article 152. Kk says that “who, with the consent of a woman, interrupts her pregnancy in violation of the law is subject to imprisonment of up to 3 years”. It besides provides for the same punishment for helping a pregnant female to halt her pregnancy in violation of the law or for urging her to have an abortion. The designers wanted to change these provisions due to the fact that they assumed that since abortion is not a criminal offence, support for abortion should besides not be criminalised. Therefore, the draft amendment repealed these 2 paragraphs.
Żukowska's amendment was accepted, which she said she decided to do after proceeding experts. The consequence of these amendments was a evidence that who, with the consent of a woman, interrupts her pregnancy but in cases referred to in the household Planning Act, defend the human fetus and the conditions for abortion if more than 12 weeks have elapsed since the beginning of the pregnancy, is subject to imprisonment or imprisonment of up to 5 years.
With respect to the procedure for killing a kid after 12 weeks of pregnancy, an amendment was added to the draft, which reads: “No criminal offence is committed by a doctor, caregiver or midwife if the abortion is due to the application of the medical procedure needed to avert the danger of a life-threatening wellness or life-threatening, or erstwhile prenatal studies or another medical conditions indicate a advanced probability of serious and irreversible foetal defects or an incurable life-threatening disease”.
Another amendment said that no criminal offence was committed by a doctor, caregiver or midwife if the injury or disorder of the wellness of the conceived kid was due to the medical procedure needed to avert the danger of threatening the wellness or life of a pregnant female or a conceived child.
215 Members voted in favour of the bill, 218 Members opposed, and 2 Members abstained. For the 29 PSL Members voting – TD, only 4 were in favour of passing the bill: Agnieszka Trzekek, Jolanta Zięba-Gzik, Urszula Pasławska and Magdalena Magroka. There were 154 Members of the KO, 30 Members of Poland 2050 and 26 Members of the Left. No Members of the Civic Coalition, Poland 2050 or leftist club voted against.
Source: PAP
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