27 January 2021, 22:44 UTC
Following the publication by the Polish Constitutional Tribunal of the ruling invalidating the constitutionality of access to abortion on the ground of “severe and irreversible foetal defect or incurable illness that threatens the foetus’ life”, Esther Major, Senior Research Adviser at Amnesty International, said:
“Today is a terrible day for women and girls in Poland. This harmful ruling roll back on pregnant people's sexual and reproductive rights and puts their health at risk.
This dangerous ruling is the latest in a coordinated and systematic wave of attacks on women’s human rights by Polish lawmakers
Esther Major, Amnesty International