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(Bloomberg) — The Polish government will reassure women — the country’s largest protest organization — that a new formula for digitizing pregnancy information is not intended to further limit their reproductive rights.
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Under new regulations in place since Saturday, doctors will have to upload pregnancy data into a new virtual patient knowledge system. The government claims this is in line with European Union standards. But the move caused a stir among opposition politicians and some activist groups. , who said the government was seeking to create a “pregnancy registry. “
It has also sown concern and confusion among women who have sought recommendations since the requirement went into effect, according to the Federation for Women and Family Planning, a nongovernmental organization that has been fighting for reproductive rights in Poland for more than three decades.
The organization said the considerations are unfounded, but fuel potential tensions between the government and much of the population. Kacpura, the group’s leader, said by phone.
Abortion ban becomes enemies of state in Poland
Two years ago, a ruling by the country’s court, which is filled with ruling party appointees, imposed a near-total ban on abortions. That sparked weeks of protests across Poland in the biggest show of defiance against the ruling populist coalition in seven years. .
Since this amendment, pregnancies can be terminated in cases of rape or incest, or if the woman’s life is in danger due, inter alia, to irreversible or fatal damage to the foetus. Last year, European lawmakers condemned the law after a young woman died of septic surprise because doctors were reluctant to perform an abortion.
“There is no ‘pregnancy registry’ and there will be,” said Wojciech Andrusiewicz, a spokesman for the Health Ministry.
While the regulation doesn’t pose a direct legal risk to women, it can have unidentified consequences, as women may forget about early medical care, according to Kacpura.
“We hope women have nothing to worry about, but obviously we couldn’t succeed at all of them,” she said. “As a result, fewer women will be under medical supervision during pregnancy. “
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