WARSAW – Poland’s government put into effect on Wednesday a constitutional court decision banning terminations of pregnancies with foetal defects, as conservative policies increasingly take root in one of Europe’s most devout Catholic countries.
The Oct. 22 ruling had led to weeks of massive protests.
Small protests gathered late on Wednesday following an announcement that PiS would take the official step to enforce the decision imminently.
The court’s verdict was published in the official gazette late on Wednesday.
“The state can no longer take a life away only because someone is sick, disabled, in poor health,” PiS lawmaker Bartlomiej Wroblewski said.
The party denies opposition criticism that it had influenced the court, called the Constitutional Tribunal. It is one of the judicial bodies PiS overhauled during reforms that the European Union said has politicised the courts. (AP)
