The issue of abortion returned to the Sejm. The commission decided

The Sejm Extraordinary Committee to consider draft laws regarding the right to terminate pregnancy will discuss two bills on this matter on Thursday.

The first to be processed was the joint project of MPs from the Left and the Civic Coalition to amend the Penal Code, submitted in July 2024, which concerns the partial decriminalization of abortion with the woman's consent in violation of the provisions of the Act on family planning, the protection of the human fetus and the conditions for the admissibility of termination of pregnancy, and the decriminalization of assistance in independent abortion.

The Commission supported the project. Earlier, PiS submitted a motion to postpone the committee meeting, but it did not receive a majority of votes. 16 MPs voted for a positive opinion on the project, 5 were against and no one abstained.

The project includes, 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 a consequence of the use 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 reasons.