Decriminalization of abortion. The Sejm voted "for". The second project was also adopted

Earlier, MPs did not support the motion to reject the draft amendment to the Penal Code.

The amendment assumes, among others:

repeal of art. 152 pairs 1, according to which termination of pregnancy with the woman's consent in violation of the provisions of the Family Planning Act is punishable by imprisonment for up to 3 years;

repeal of art. 152 pairs 2, according to which the same penalty shall be imposed on a person who provides assistance to a pregnant woman in terminating her pregnancy in violation of the provisions of the above-mentioned. Act (aiding) or induces it to do so;

addition in art. 152 pairs 4, according to which a doctor, nurse or midwife does not commit a specific offense if the termination of pregnancy is the result of a medical procedure necessary to avert a danger to the health or life of the pregnant woman or if prenatal tests or other medical grounds indicate a high probability of severe and irreversible defects of the fetus or an incurable disease that threatens its life.

It was another vote on the decriminalization of abortion in this term of the Sejm. In July 2024, there was no majority to adopt regulations on this matter.

The possibility of terminating pregnancy in the event of a severe fetal defect has been restored

The Sejm also passed a law allowing abortion in the case of a severe fetal defect. The Constitutional Tribunal found this premise unconstitutional six years ago.

233 MPs voted for the adoption of the act, 203 were against and 1 abstained.

The parliamentary draft amendment to the Act on family planning, protection of the human fetus and conditions of admissibility of termination of pregnancy, submitted to the Parliament in February 2024 by the Third Way, aims to reverse the effects of the Constitutional Tribunal's ruling of October 22, 2020. It restores the possibility of terminating pregnancy in the event of a severe fetal defect, which the Constitutional Tribunal found six years ago to be an unconstitutional ground.