An article on the abortions situation in Lviv

The dramatic case of a 14-year-old girl who sought a termination to her pregnancy became a high-profile battle between the two sides of the bitter Polish abortion debate, writes Derek Scally .

Law is not only a regulation, but also its implementation - said Monika Płatek

14-years-old pregnant Polish girl as a object of anti-abortion campaign.

"It was rape. He forced me to do it, there were bruises on my body after it was over" she told the journalist.

The tragic consequences of Polish antiabortion law.

Breaking the Silence shows that in CEE countries reproductive rights are constantly violated.

Grand Chamber decided on 24 September not to accept the Goverment's request. Look at Interights website

On 20^th  of March the European Court of Human Rights announced it’s decision on the Polish women who were denied an access to abortion although the pregnancy posed a real threat to her health. The court decided that Poland has violated Article 8 (Right to respect for private and family life) of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Poland is urged to pay compensation to the women.

Reuters reports that some Polish women's rights may be curbing

In 2005 32,982 abortions were performed, which in effect comes down to 8.6 of 1,000 women between 15 and 45 years old. This means a slight decline compared to 2004. The number of teenage abortions has also declined, but when girls do fall pregnant nowadays they tend to choose to have an abortion rather than having a child. Immigrant women more often have their pregnancies terminated than Dutch born women and the strongest increase of abortions can be noted among Turkish and Moroccan women. This is the result of a study by Rutgers Nisso Groep, Expert Centre on Sexuality.

The fifth largest European parliamentary group, Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL),  in the collaboration with the Parliamentary Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) endorsed the letter to the President, Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland concerning the proposal to introduce constitutional protection of the unborn life.