RESTRICTION ON THE RIGHT TO ABORTION IN POLAND
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.46793/GlasnikDN16.2.082CKeywords:
abortion, right to abortion, human rights, fetal rights, Poland.Abstract
Every woman has the right to make an independent decision to give birth or not to give birth. This article provides a comparative overview of legislation of individually observed states, regarding the right to life in light of the legal and ethical issues of abortion. The legal aspects of abortion were analysed through petitions on the relationship between the right to life and the right to abortion in the current practice of the European Court of Human Rights (cases in Poland and Ireland). Also, the basic settings of supporters of the pro-life and pro-choice concepts were pointed out. Poland had a restrictive abortion law. Since 1993, the law has allowed terminations of pregnancy only in case of rape or incest, severe anomalies of the fetus or endangering the life of the woman. On October 22, 2020, the Constitutional Court of Poland rendered a verdict that abortion due to damage to the fetus is unconstitutional. The article deals with the restriction of the right to abortion in Poland using a comparative analysis of the adopted legal acts with the existing international legal acts on the restriction of a woman's free will to make an independent decision to give birth or not...
References
Antić, I., Žena – маšina za rađanje? - (pravna i etička problematika abortusa), Godišnjak Fakulteta bezbednosti, br. 1/2017, str. 479-498.
Bucholc, M., Abortion Law and Human Rights in Poland: The Closing of the Jurisprudential Horizon, Hague Journal on the Rule of Law 14, pp. 73–99, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40803-022-00167-9
Bunikowski, D., Kontrowersje prawa i moralności w Europie Środkowowschodniej, 1-156. © Copyright by Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa we Włocławku, Włocławek 2019, Agencja Wydawnicza PAJ-Pres, 2019.
Cvejić-Jančić, O., Porodično pravo - bračno pravo. Novi Sad: Pravni fakultet u Novom Sadu, 1998.
Dorota Szelewa, „Kiling Unborn Children“? The Catholic Church and Abortion Law in Poland since 1989’ 25 Social and Legal Studies, 2016, pp. 741-742.
Fenwick D., The modern abortion jurisprudence under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Med Law Int, 2012, 12(3–4), pp. 249–276.
Furgalska, M., Fiona de Londras, Rights, Lawfare and Reproduction: Reflections on the Polish Constitutional Tribunal's Abortion Decision. Israel Law Review 55(3), pp 285–301. Published online by Cambridge University Press: March 07, 2022.
Girdwoyń K., Discrimination for sexual orientation in poland: the role of judiciary. In: Pineschi L (ed.) General principles of law-the rule of judiciary, Springer, Berlin, 2015, pp. 295–310.
Јоvanović, S., Simeunović Patić, B., Zaštita prava na život i abortus. Zbornik Instituta za kriminiloška i sociološka istraživanja, vol. 26/1−2, 2007, p. 245. https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/1821-150X/2017/1821-150X1701479A.pdf, (Pristup: 06.marta 2023. godine, u 13:06h)
Kapelańska-Pręgowska, J., The scales of the European Court of human rights: abortion restriction in Poland, the European consensus, and the state’s margin of appreciation. Health Human Rights, 2021, 23(2), pp. 213–224.
Konstantinović Vilić, S., Petrušić, N., Reproduktivna prava i slobode, pravo na nerađanje, Ženski istraživački centar za edukaciju i komunikaciju, Niš, 1990.
Konstantinović Vilić, S., Pravna zaštita od nasilja, Ženski istraživački centar za edukaciju i komunikaciju, Niš, 1999.
Konstantinović Vilić, S., Petrušić, N., Reproduktivna prava i slobode, pravo na nerađanje. Ženski istraživački centar za edukaciju i komunikaciju, Niš, 1999.
Konstantinović Vilić, S., Milosavljević, M., Petrušić, N., Abortus: pravni, medicinski i etički pristup, Ženski istraživački centar za edukaciju i komunikaciju, Niš, 1999.
Konstantinović Vilić, S., Petrušić, N., ŽENE, ZAKONI I DRUŠTVENA STVARNOST, knjiga druga, 1-474, Izdavač: SVEN, Niš, 2010.
Lubura, M. M., Pravo na abortus u savremenom pravu i praksi evropskog suda za ljudska prava. Strani pravni život, br. 1/2021, str. 159-170.
Marković, M., Vrednosti i kvalitet života. Glasnik za društvene nauke, br. 1/2009, str. 75- 86.
Petrović, T., Aktuelna pitanja vezana za pravo na život. Pravni život, 10/2007, str. 195–212.
Masha, V. A., The Process Of Modernisation Of Family Law In Eastern And Western Europe, Difference in Timing, Resemblance in Substance. Electronic Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 4, September 2, 2000, http://www.ejcl.org/42/art42-1.html
Panović Đurić, S., Pravo na prekid trudnoće, problem konflikta interesa. Pravni život, 9/1997, I tom, str. 32-33.
Radoman, М., Stavovi i iskustva žena o abortusu (rezultati kvaltativnog istraživanja sa teritorije Beograda). Institut za sociologiju, vol. XLIX, no. 4, Beograd, 2015, str. 445–467.
Rašević, M., Ka razumevanju abortusa u Srbiji. Institut drštvenih nauka, Centar za demografska istraživanja, Beograd, 1993, str. 3.
Rašević, M., Bela kuga i abortus: Pomeramo granice, Institut društvenih nauka, Beograd, 2007, str. 27-42.
Todorović, M., Radovanović, O., Abortus - značajan problem javnog zdravlja i .... Zbornik Matice srpske za društvene nauke, br. 121, Beograd, str. 207-216.
Vilenica, A., Postajanje majkom u vreme neoliberalnog kapitalizma. Beograd: uz)bu))na)), 2013, str. 9-32.
Wichterich, C., Sexuelle und reproduktive Rechte. Ein Essay von Christa Wichterich, Hrsg. von der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Band 11, Heinrich Boll Stiftung, 2015. http://www.gwi-boell.de/de/2015/09/18/sexuelle-und-reproduktive-rechte, http://www.gwi-boell, de/en/2015/07/23/sexual-and-reproductive-rights.
Međunarodni propisi
The Family Planning, Human Embryo Protection and Conditions of Permissibility of Abortion, Act of 7 January 1993 (OJ 1 March 1993 No 17 item 78, OJ 95 No 66 item 334, OJ 1996 No 139 item 646, OJ 1997 No 141 item 943, OJ 1999 No 5 item 32, OJ 2001 No 154 item 1791). Dostupno na: https://www.reproductiverights.org/sites/crr.civicactions.net/files/documents/Polish%20abortion%20act--English%20translation.pdf
Bericht der Vierten Weltfrauenkonferenz, Kapitel IV: STRATEGISCHE ZIELE UND MASSNAHMEN. Dostupno na: www.un.org/depts/german/conf/beijing/anh_2_3.html#iv-c – Pristup: 18 februara 2023. godine.
Međunarodna sudska praksa
P and S. v. Poland, predstavka br. 57375/08, presuda ECHR, 30. 1. 2013. Dostupno na: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-114098, pristup 18. 02. 2023).
A, B and C v. Ireland, predstavka br. 25579/05, presuda ECHR, 16. 12. 2010. Dostupno na: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-102332, pristup 18. 02. 2023).
Costa and Pavan v. Italy, predstavka br. 54270/10, presuda ECHR,28.8.2012. Dostupno na: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-112993. Pristup: 18. februara 2023. godine.
A Tragic Constitutional Court Judgment on Abortion. Preuzeto sa: https://verfassungsblog.de/a-tragic-constitutional-court-judgment-on-abortion/
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
