Poland plans to set up register of pregnancies to report miscarriages

[Eugene]

Also: Polish women protest attempts to further restrict abortion (Associated Press)

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Source: The Guardian

Poland plans to set up register of pregnancies to report miscarriages

Proposed register would come into effect in January, a year after near-total ban on abortion

Weronika Strzyżyńska
Fri 3 Dec 2021 15.56 GMT

The Polish government are planning to introduce a centralised register of pregnancies which would oblige doctors to report all pregnancies and miscarriages to the government.

The proposed register would come into effect in January 2022, a year after Poland introduced a near-total ban on abortion.

This has raised serious concerns for women’s rights activists, who believe that in light of Poland’s near-total abortion ban, the register could be used to cause legal difficulties for women who have self-administered abortions.

The draft legislation is part of a wide ranging project to update the medical information system in Poland.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/dec/03/poland-plans-to-set-up-register-of-pregnancies-to-report-miscarriages

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Source: Associated Press

Polish women protest attempts to further restrict abortion

By AP • Updated: 01/12/2021

Women’s rights activists in Poland used red paint to symbolise blood as they protested on Tuesday against a government plan to register every pregnancy in a national database and as parliament prepares to debate a new proposal to further restrict abortion.

The activists fear the database will allow Poland's right-wing authorities to track whether pregnancies end in a birth and create a possible tool for prosecutions. The health minister denied that recently, saying there is “no pregnancy register,” and the government was just making a routine shift from paper to digital files.

Poland last year restricted its already conservative abortion law and abortions are now only allowed in cases of rape or incest, or if the woman’s life or health is in danger.

In practice, Polish women travel abroad for abortions in other European countries, including the Netherlands and Slovakia, and there are groups who assist them.

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Read more: https://www.euronews.com/2021/11/30/polish-women-protest-attempts-to-further-restrict-abortion

[Sylvarose]

1. Coming Soon to a State Near You

...once Roe v Wade is overturned. I predict that in those states that ban abortions, that they will try and do something like this. I can easily see where some states would register pregnancies under the guise of healthcare only to use those records to make women prove they lost a child through a miscarriage or face criminal prosecution. I can even see them taking it a step further and trying to pass some sort of legislation making it more difficult for women to travel to other states where abortion is legal. What that would be, I don't know, but I would not put it past them.

[Bayard]

2. We are headed down that road

With Texas already setting up a spy network to report women--and their so-called enablers--for getting an abortion. Its astounding action from people that advocate smaller government, and less interference.

And then we have the guy who kept detailed records of immigrant women/girls' menstrual cycles.