EU parliament condemns Polish abortion law

The 27-nation bloc’s parliament voted 373-124, with 55 abstentions, to underscore their solidarity with Polish women and those who still continue to help them get abortions despite the restrictive law. File picture: Denis Minihane.

The European Union parliament has condemned Poland’s recent near-total ban on abortions and called on the Polish government to make sure it no longer leads to the death of pregnant women.

The condemnation follows news that a woman died of septic shock in week 22 of her pregnancy after doctors failed to perform an abortion and waited for the foetus to die.