{"id":27086,"date":"2024-07-16T07:35:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T07:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/z6frttwr.ordoiuris.io\/aktualnosc\/statement-on-the-rejection-by-the-polish-sejm-of-a-bill-decriminalizing-abortion\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T12:58:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T10:58:48","slug":"statement-on-the-rejection-by-the-polish-sejm-of-a-bill-decriminalizing-abortion","status":"publish","type":"informacje","link":"https:\/\/ordoiuris.pl\/en\/press-newsdesk\/statement-on-the-rejection-by-the-polish-sejm-of-a-bill-decriminalizing-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement on the rejection by the Polish Sejm of a bill decriminalizing abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0cm\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"text-justify:inter-ideograph\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Liberation Serif&quot;,serif\"><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif\">On July 12, the Parliament of the Republic of Poland rejected by a majority vote a bill decriminalizing the killing of unborn children through abortion. Thanks to the attitude of Members of Parliament who stood above political divisions, the unequivocal voice of the Church, and the extraordinary mobilization of society itself, the statutory attack on the constitutionally-guaranteed protection of life (Article 38 of the Polish Constitution), reinforced by the established jurisprudence of <\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif\">Poland\u2019s<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif\"> Constitutional Tribunal and derived from the inherent, inalienable, and inviolable dignity of man (Article 30 of the Polish Constitution), has failed.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0cm\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0cm\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"text-justify:inter-ideograph\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Liberation Serif&quot;,serif\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif\">Each defeat of abortion bills reinforces the process of raising the degree of the legal protection of life in Poland, which has been ongoing for 31 years, with the goal of achieving the necessary equal legal protection of life for every child, both before and after birth. This is also true in relation to criminal law.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0cm\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0cm\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"text-justify:inter-ideograph\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Liberation Serif&quot;,serif\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif\">The result of today\u2019s vote should be read first and foremost as Poland taking a stand on the side of the civilization of life, which dictates that our political authorities should stand on the side of the weakest and those most in need of help. It is also a further step toward fulfilling the obligation embodied in the UN Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which remind us that \u201cthe child, by reason of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth.\u201d In this way, the legal sanction given to the basic, universal moral principle of \u201cThou shalt not kill!\u201d is perfected.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0cm\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0cm\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"text-justify:inter-ideograph\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Liberation Serif&quot;,serif\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif\">At the same time, it should not be forgotten that the Polish Parliament <a href=\"https:\/\/en.ordoiuris.pl\/life-protection\/all-or-nothing-life-and-death-vote-pro-abortion-bills\" style=\"color:navy; text-decoration:underline\">is still working on other abortion projects that run contrary to the Polish Constitution<\/a>, which strike at all of the principles mentioned above, and whose enactment would inevitably lead to the deaths of thousands of children, indescribable personal tragedies involving many citizens of our country, and the moral decline of our nation, not to mention the deepening of Poland\u2019s already dramatic demographic collapse.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0cm\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0cm\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"text-justify:inter-ideograph\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Liberation Serif&quot;,serif\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif\">We therefore call upon the authors, MPs, and senators who have put these bills forward to either withdraw or reject them immediately in a vote, and upon the President of the Republic of Poland to veto any bill that would lead to a reduction in the degree of the protection of life in Poland.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0cm\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0cm\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"text-justify:inter-ideograph\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Liberation Serif&quot;,serif\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif\">We also ask those in power \u2013 the parliamentary majority, as well as all the deputies and senators of the Republic of Poland, to focus their legislative efforts and state policy not on the killing of children through abortion, but on the effective, full, legal protection of life, as well as the fair, integral fulfilment of the constitutional obligation contained in Article 71 of the Polish Constitution, according to which \u201cfamilies in a difficult material and social situation, especially those with many children and incomplete families, have the right to special assistance from public authorities,\u201d and \u201ca mother before and after giving birth has the right to special assistance from public authorities.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0cm\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0cm\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0cm\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"text-justify:inter-ideograph\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Liberation Serif&quot;,serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0cm\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0cm\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"text-justify:inter-ideograph\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Liberation Serif&quot;,serif\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif\">Centre for Life and Family<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0cm\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0cm\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"text-justify:inter-ideograph\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Liberation Serif&quot;,serif\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif\">Ordo Iuris Institute for Legal Culture<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0cm\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0cm\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"text-justify:inter-ideograph\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Liberation Serif&quot;,serif\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif\">Fr. 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