huge campaign of intimidation from the Catholic church and other reactionaries. The result in that doctors have been intimidated by pressure hospitals giving their approval. Many doctors will not give their approval to any abortion, no matter what the circumstances. The number of abortions is state hospitals has decline dramatically.
State subsidies on contraception have been abolished, making it three times more expensive. Catholic campaigners have been picketing pharmacies selling contraceptives; priests are refusing to give absolution to or marry anyone who has not signed an anti-abortion petition.
In these circumstances women have been turning to private clinics for abortions; these charge more than a month's salary for an average factory worker (and of course many women earn much less than that).
The absolute banning of abortion was blocked in the lower house of the Polish parliament. But the issue is still before the parliament and has not been resolved.
Last bastion Addressing visiting Polish politicians in the Vatican two years ago, the Pope said that the country's 'moral standing resided in revoking the 1956 abortion law which he said was 'the last bastion of Communism'.
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