European Court Orders Poland to Indemnify Mother for Child

From the desk of The Brussels Journal on Tue, 2007-03-20 19:34

A quote from Lifesite.net, 20 March 2007

The European Court of Human Rights handed down a 6-1 ruling today which demanded that Poland compensate a mother who claims she was refused an abortion based on discrimination due to her sex and her visual disability. […]

In 2004, the United Nations Human Rights Committee reprimanded Poland for its pro-life laws and demanded that the strongly Catholic nation “liberalize” its abortion laws. In January of this year, the UN committee that oversees the ‘Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women’ also took Poland to task over several pro-life issues including “accusations” that the Polish government promoted natural family planning over contraception and allowed pro-life doctors the right to employ a “conscience clause” in abortion matters.

Poland submitted her European Union accession treaty with the caveat that "no EU treaties or annexes to those treaties would hamper the Polish government in regulating moral issues or those concerning the protection of human life."

 
More on this topic:

EU Brings Down Slovak Government, 9 February 2006

Conscience, How Dost Thou Afflict Me! 7 January, 2006

EU to Catholic Doctors: Thou Shalt Abort, 24 December 2005

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Right on Kapitein.  I am

Submitted by Amsterdamsky on Sat, 2007-03-24 20:50.

Right on Kapitein.  I am pro-baby killing but I agree.  This assumes the Catholic Church does not threaten to excommunicate poles that campaign for legal abortion though which is a tactic they traditionally use.

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What about Malta?

Submitted by Lancelot Owen on Wed, 2007-03-21 16:18.

Let us not forget tiny Malta where, as in Poland,  abortion [and also divorce] is not allowed. The islanders and their government are coming under intense pressure from the EU and the UN to legalise both of these practices. As a result of their staunch Catholicism the Maltese, like the Poles, have a proud history of resisting anti-Christian totalitarianism. Long may it continue. 

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Whatever Happened to National Self-determination?

Submitted by Kapitein Andre on Wed, 2007-03-21 04:50.

Whether or not Poland should 'liberalize' its abortion laws is for the Polish people to decide, not technocrats in Geneva or Brussels.

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