Conviction of Polish Human Rights Defender Sets Dangerous Precedent
The Center condemns the conviction of Justyna Wydrzyńska for helping a woman access abortion medication.
The Center condemns the conviction of Justyna Wydrzyńska for helping a woman access abortion medication.
We are deeply concerned by relentless attempts to roll back sexual and reproductive rights in Poland. On 15 and 16 April Poland’s Parliament will again debate two draft bills that would severely limit access to safe abortion care and would criminalize the provision of sexuality education. If enacted into law these bills would place women’s […]
U.N. Human Rights Committee Concerned by Poland’s Restrictive Abortion Law (PRESS RELEASE) Women in Poland may face risks to their health and lives as a result of the country’s highly restrictive abortion law—according to a report released today by the United Nations Human Rights Committee (U.N. Committee). The U.N. Committee expressed serious concerns about the […]
Women’s Strike Defeats Abortion Ban in Poland reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/HP_POLAND_thumb.jpg On October 3, seven million women in Poland went on strike, outraged by a proposal that would completely ban abortion—and punish women who end a pregnancy with up to five years in prison. Lawmakers immediately backed down. As one conservative politician put it, the protest “taught us […]
reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_FH_poland_mother_daughter.jpg Pursuit of Justice The story of Polish daughter and mother P and S is deeply complicated. P, a teenager, was raped and became pregnant as a consequence. She wanted to terminate the pregnancy and had a right to under Poland’s laws. But powerful forces—doctors, judges, clergymen, and the police—bonded by a culture of hostility […]
reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/poland_header_ECHR.jpg The world became a better place by Johanna Westeson, Regional Director for Europe at the Center for Reproductive Rights In a notorious case a 14-year-old Polish woman was repeatedly denied abortion after having been raped. A gross violation of her human rights, the European Court of Human Rights has now stated. Johanna Westeson, Center […]
Strasbourg Observers: P and S v. Poland – Adolescence, vulnerability, and reproductive autonomy By Johanna Westeson, Regional Director for Europe, Center for Reproductive Rights This week, the European Court of Human Rights issued its decision in P and S v. Poland, a case of a Polish teenager who became pregnant as a result of rape […]
European Court Issues Momentous Decision Against Poland, Says Legal Abortion Following Rape Must Be Ensured (PRESS RELEASE) – This week the European Court of Human Rights ruled in a landmark case that Poland violated an adolescent’s human rights when her access to a legal abortion after being raped was repeatedly obstructed. In a strongly worded […]
Members of European Parliament Host Roundtable on Human Rights Violations, Gender Discrimination (PRESS RELEASE) Millions of women living in European Union member states still cannot access affordable contraception or even get accurate information about it — violating their human rights and discriminating against them because of their gender.Three members of the European Parliament, along with […]
By Louise Finer, International Advocacy Manager, Center for Reproductive Rights Moldova is one of more than two dozen countries that celebrate International Women’s Day — March 8 — as a holiday, with an official day off and a long-held tradition of showering women with gifts. But Moldova is also a country that continues to deprive […]