- I have put on the table my working proposal that all drafts on the permissibility of abortion be read at the next session of the Sejm, and that a further decision be made on their work," said Sejm Speaker Szymon Holownia at a press conference on Tuesday. - The abortion debate is a highly polarizing but wildly important topic, the Speaker stressed.
Projects on abortion at the next session of the Sejm?
Published Feb. 28, 2024 09:39
Szymon Holownia recalled that his initial proposal was to proceed with bills on abortion accessibility took place immediately, but after the local elections.
- I proposed that we take this subject matter out of the current and increasingly heated political campaign and deal with these projects at the first session of the Sejm in April, and refer them all to the extraordinary committee we have unanimously established. The Left, as I see it, has a different opinion on this issue and formulates it in a rather confrontational way, but I have to take it and will gladly take it into account. We have to face this topic and put it on the table honestly," the Speaker of the Sejm said.
The decision on when the topic of abortion will eventually appear on the parliamentary schedule will be made this week, among the leaders of the parties that make up the ruling coalition. Asked how he would vote on the bills, he said he would not support rejecting them after the first reading.
- Although I have views that are very clear and today classified as conservative, I believe that a certain fairness and respect for those who have a different opinion require that all projects be given the opportunity to reach a second reading. I will make the final decision on them during the final vote," Holownia announced.
