New abortion regulations. There is a draft regulation and there are penalties

As a result of the abuse of the so-called "conscience clause" by some doctors, women are often unable to exercise their right to legally terminate their pregnancies.

The Ordinance of the Minister of Health of September 8, 2015 on the general terms and conditions of contracts for the provision of health care services proposes the addition of paragraph 6 in § 3 of the Annex to the amended Ordinance, according to which a provider executing a contract with the National Health Fund for the provision of services in the type of hospitalization in the field of gynecology and obstetrics, in cases where termination of pregnancy is permitted by generally applicable law, is obliged to provide termination of pregnancy services referred to in Part I of Annex 1 to the Ordinance of the Minister of Health of November 22, 2013. on guaranteed services in the field of hospital treatment (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 870, as amended), at the place of service provision, regardless of the refraining of a physician practicing at this provider from performing the service on the basis of the conscience clause, and supplementing the provision of § 30 para. 1 item 1 of the Annex, by introducing a contractual penalty of 2% of the amount of the obligation under the agreement, and the provision of § 36 para. 1, by introducing the possibility of terminating the agreement in part or in whole, without notice, in the event of violation of the obligation under the added § 3 para. 6.

Source: RCL