It is a law that would allow abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy.
Tusk has already suffered a setback in Parliament, and so had to admit that he will not be able to achieve this objective.
Elected in October 2023 at the head of a coalition government including left-wing parties which favor abortion and “centrist” conservatives which oppose it, Donald Tusk had to face the facts: some members of the allied parties are not ready to support him in writing the murder of unborn children into law.
Currently, Poland only recognizes the possibility of abortion in cases of rape, incest, or when the life or health of the woman is in danger.
The Constitutional Court has removed the possibility of abortion in the event of a child’s malformation, to the great displeasure of abortionists, but with the support of all the country’s staunch Catholics.
The Newslooks website reports Donald Tusk’s disillusioned remarks: “There will be no majority in this Parliament in favor of legal abortion, in the full sense of the word, until the next elections. Let’s not kid ourselves,” he said when asked about the progress of the parliamentary procedure.
Members of Parliament are elected for four years.
Donald Tusk said he has changed tactics: his government is working to put in place “new procedures in the Polish prosecutor’s office and hospitals” to try to “ease certain de facto restrictions,” explains Newslooks. “This is already underway and it will be very visible,” he said.
It should be noted, as Newslooks points out, that “the law does not criminalize a woman who aborts, but it is a crime to help a woman obtain an abortion,” for example by providing abortion pills or helping her in some other way. This is the aspect that the Tusk government is aiming for.
"I can only promise that, within the framework of the existing law, we will do everything to make women suffer less, to make abortion as safe and accessible as possible... and so that people who get involved with helping a woman are not prosecuted,” the Polish Prime Minister further stated.
It is of course very good news that the majority of Polish parliamentarians are not prepared to sully their conscience by voting for the murder of unborn children in their mother's womb. There is still enough Catholicism in this majority to understand the horror of such a crime against a defenseless innocent.
The evolution of secularization is nevertheless worrying in this country of 38 million inhabitants, of which nearly 90% claim to be Catholic.
Despite this Catholic fabric, a government that promised to legalize abortion up to 12 weeks was elected, even if it cannot fulfill its promise.
There remains therefore an important work, both on the part of the Church and particularly of the episcopate, to tirelessly teach the Catholic truth, and to form the faithful solidly to live their faith.
And on the part of the defenders of life, to develop the arguments to convince their fellow citizens of the necessity of defending life from conception to death.