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The truth about the rejection of the anti-abortion bill in Poland. The voice of the bishops was decisive
We are surprised to hear about reports appearing in the Western media about the alleged “defeat of Law and Justice and bishops” in the battle for a complete ban on abortion in Poland.
This calls for categorical rectification, because the truth is completely different! The proposed bill, signed by more than half a million Poles was rejected by votes of PiS. This happened because the bishops gave their permission to reject the bill.
In light of the information appearing in some Western media outlets, we want to set the record straight. The facts are as follows:
Firstly, the Polish parliament proceeded with the civic bill calling for total protection of life from conception to natural death. This was not a bill authored by Law and Justice, but a result of popular initiative, prepared by Catholics representing NGO’s in the “Stop Abortion” Committee.
Secondly, the bill was accepted in the first stage of the legislative process by PiS MP’s, who promised to debate every popular initiative-this was to differentiate them from their predecessors. In the meantime, PiS MP’s spoke very warmly about the initiative, categorically declaring themselves to be fully pro-life on account of being Catholics.
Thirdly, demonstrations, which brought to mind satanic roundups, erupted in Poland and evidently frightened the government. Despite the fact that these demonstrations were organized by people and organizations that have always been hostile towards PiS and generally towards the Polish Right and the Church, the politicians of the ruling party nevertheless became fearful of the outcome of these protests. This occurred despite more numerous opposition protests, which have taken place in Poland during the course of the last year, with reference to which the government maintained a cool head, completely ignoring them.
Fourthly, the protests of the feminists forced PiS to convene in a hastily and embarrassing manner an illegal session of a parliamentary committee and recommend the rejection of the popular initiative to the Sejm. That same day-and this must be especially emphasized- the Polish Episcopal Conference issued a surprising document, in which it opposed the pro-life, because it mandated the punishing of all those persons responsible for conducting an abortion, including women who allow their children to be killed.
Fifthly, PiS rejected the popular initiative by a crushing majority in the second stage of the legislative process (in the Polish Sejm legislative process is divided into 3 stages), not allowing for a substantive discussion and the posing of questions. The authors of the bill (i.e. the Catholics in the aforementioned NGO’s) were informed that a discussion on the bill would take place just a few hours before the committee meeting and before the final vote, despite the fact that the rules of the Sejm require that this happen three days in advance. As a result of this mini coup, some representatives of the bill’s authors did not make on time to the Sejm.
Sixthly, PiS politicians from day to day decided that they are uncomfortable with the notion of punishing women as stipulated in the popular initiative bill. Despite having the means to simply expunge this section of the bill and continue to work on it without the penal consequences for women who decide to kill their children, they refrained from doing this. This was manifestly in accordance with the position of the Polish bishops issued on the same day in which it was hastily decided to reject the bill in its entirety. The Sejm rejected the popular initiative. Out of 460 MP’s, barely 50 voted for the bill.
Seventhly, PiS MP’s who all of a sudden changed their position made references to the position of the public position of the bishops. Krystyna Pawłowicz wrote openly on her Facebook page that „it was the Episcopate that authorized us to do this”.
These facts irrefutably show that talk of a “setback for PiS and the bishops” when it comes to the defense of life is an intentional lie. The politicians of the ruling party PiS and members of government are happy with the outcome. The day after the bill’s rejection they issued a communique in which they state that “the full protection of life from conception to natural death” should continue to be the aim of the MP’s. This communique was issued a few hours after the first statement of the bishops, which they took at face value, whereby they rejected the popular initiative of complete defense of unborn and innocent life.
Slawomir Skiba
Polonia Christiana