Similar efforts already underway in the US with privately run conservative “pregnancy care centers”, which are not legally required to follow healthcare privacy laws and and receive state funding in 22 states.

Jezebel article: https://jezebel.com/poland-which-bans-nearly-all-abortions-has-created-a-1849028586

AP article: https://apnews.com/article/abortion-health-poland-womens-rights-7f2f2839c43e9655d3d898d1ddd4bbe8

  • ssjmarx [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    absolute monsters. of course the main effect of this is that more Polish women will avoid getting healthcare if they think they might be pregnant, and Polish women who actually have miscarriages will be spuriously charged with crimes.

    • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      miscarriages are not particularly rare, either, especially when it's a woman's first pregnancy. it's obviously an incredibly traumatic situation already without the abortion gestapo questioning if you just did an illegal abortion.