Forcing the issue

摘要

AT 13 weeks of pregnancy, Marta, a young woman in Warsaw, learned that her baby had Down's syndrome and life-threatening defects. After a procedural obstacle course (including a visit to a psychiatrist), she was allowed to urfflergo a legal abortion, one of just 1,000 or so in Poland every year. Poland has some of Europe's tightest restrictions on abortion, allowing it only when the mother's life is at risk, or in cases of rape or severe prenatal defects. Many women turn to illegal abortions or go abroad, often to Germany.