• The European Parliament will debate the draft recommendations of the EU Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM).

On November 8, the Polish Sejm voted on a bill decriminalizing both the performance and the aiding and abetting of illegal abortions. The Left’s radically pro-abortion bill was thus sent for further parliamentary work.

Another session of the Polish Sejm took place on Wednesday (November 6), with the first reading of a bill to decriminalize abortion, a vote being scheduled for Friday evening.

· The pro-abortion lobby continues to attempt to expand legal access to abortion in

Donald Tusk’s government – which is made up of a coalition of parties that, during their eight years in opposition (2015–2023), were determined to defend the principles of democracy and the rule of law – has now decided to push through the most pro-abortion agenda in Europe in Poland, regardless of Polish laws and the Constitution.

· The UN-affiliated Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has assessed that Poland’s abortion laws are too strict and thus violate women’s rights.