Poland offers payments for disabled newborns in bid to curb abortions

Polish legislators have approved a government plan to pay bonuses to families who have a disabled child born, as part of a policy aimed at curbing the number of abortions.

The For Life plan, to take effect next year, provides for a one-time payment of 4,000 zlotys (£820) on the birth of a disabled child or one with a life-threatening disease.