Former Polish first ladies slam proposed abortion ban
Three former Polish first ladies on Tuesday denounced a proposal to tighten the abortion law, already one of the most restrictive in Europe, saying it would only "aggravate women's tragedy". "It is with great concern that we view the idea of abandoning compromise regarding the anti-abortion law of 1993," Danuta Walesa, Jolanta Kwasniewska and Anna Komorowska said in an open letter. Now anti-abortion activists backed by the Roman Catholic church — some 90 percent of Poles identify as Catholic — have tabled a citizen&039;s bill in parliament that would allow abortion only where it was necessary to save the mother&039;s life.
