a demonstration for the right to abortion

Part of the population took to the streets of Warsaw (Poland) on Saturday 6 November. Protesters paid tribute to Isabella. Pregnant, this woman has been admitted to the hospital. But in this country where abortion is only allowed in cases of rape or incest, the patient explained by message to her mother that the doctors have adopted a wait-and-see attitude towards the baby. “They will wait until he dies. (…) My fever is rising. It’s horror, my life is in danger “, she wrote. For fear of breaking the new law, doctors waited for the fetus dies to perform a cesarean section. But it’s too late, Isabella died of septic shock.

Director of the hospital Pszczyna, Doctor Marcin Lesniewski ensures that when the patient has been admitted, “the signs of infection were not that great and did not require urgent intervention”. The government believes his death was the result of a medical error, two doctors were suspended. The demonstrators believe that it is the law on abortion which is responsible, they demand its repeal. A law condemned by several MEPs at the time of its adoption.