The Polish parliament, in which the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party has a ruling majority, begins a three-day sitting Wednesday. Under scrutiny is a draft bill to halt the availability of emergency contraceptives, such as the morning-after pill, as an over-the-counter purchase. [...]
It also puts the country at odds with EU advice: The European Medicines Agency recommends that the drug ellaOne, used to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex, should be available without prescription across EU countries. [...]
Groups were also enraged by a statement by conservative Health Minister Konstanty Radziwiłł in April that he would not advocate use even if his daughter were to “became pregnant as a result of rape,” because he does “not see anything to justify the murder of a child.” [...]
Faced with rhetoric that suggests a ban on elective Caesarean sections could be next on the government’s agenda, Polish women have little choice but to protest, said Gocha Adamczyk, an employee of an advertising agency in Warsaw and an activist for the left-wing Razem party, who came up with the campaign’s “black protest” slogan.
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