i read the polish women's stories... so sad! the one who died (and her fetus!) of a stupid infection, the one who had another disabled kid because the doctor wouldn't listen to her... horrible stories!

and this is what some people want us to go back to? women who are married, who already have kids, have abortions too, not just "them dirty teenagers & single women!" *eyeroll*

Thanks for linking to the Polish "Women's Hell" report - it's heartbreaking and baffling that once a country gains its freedom, women lose theirs. I know the Polish culture is very Catholic (and they take pride in their faith because it has kept them together as a people when they were occupied so many times), but I'm surprised the EU granted them membership given their record on reproductive rights. Then again, Ireland already was a member, and their abortion laws are even stricter than Poland's! (Unlike Ireland, Poland has an "exception" for rape survivors and those whose lives would be threatened by pregnancy, but as the stories show, so many doctors are afraid of government prosecution that they refuse to provide even legal abortions).

I know Ireland is a wealthy nation, but I can't believe that every woman with an unwanted pregnancy can afford to fly/take a ferry to the island of Great Britain.

Actually, in Czech Republic, the Christian Democrats (they have some 7% of seats in the Parliament and are generally a laughing stock because of their other issues) proposed a bill to restrict the very liberal abortion legislation (basically you ask for it, you get it until 3rd month, then only when the foetus is deformed or when the pregnancy endangers the mother under which some issues like 'mother says she'll kill herself' could be hidden). There were several funny points, like, the woman has to have a written permission from the father. That would bring lots of legislative issues or rather riddles, along with some practical complications, we spent hours inventing all possible scenarios on one of our girls' servers. I'll try to find out more because what was in the papers was rather one big fun. The problem is that the idiots seriously mean it.
By the way, since the legislation is relatively liberal here and since teh medical services are cheap, many people from abroad get infertility treatment here. Or abortions - when abortions in Poland were outlawed, guess where the women would go... next door.