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BY LifeSiteNews.com WARSAW, January 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski responded to a request for a referendum on abortion by opposing any changes to the country’s pro-life legislation. In 1997 the Polish high court struck down a permissive abortion law as unconstitutional.  The move was later approved by Parliament.  The lax abortion law, imposed by the “former” communists, allowed doctors to kill preborn children up to 12 weeks of age if the mother was deemed to face financial or emotional difficulties. The law thus reverted to a 1993 law passed by the then Solidarity government which restricted abortion to those situations which endangers the mother’s life or when pregnancy results from rape or incest. The 1993 law came after four decades of abortion on demand under communism. See the BBC coverage:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2672985.stm http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/polish-president-opposes-referendum-to-liberalise-abortion-law/

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