Thread by @StefSimanowitz

1/. A year ago, Poland introduced a near-total ban on abortion.

@amnesty warned women & girls would pay high price.

This weekend, unconfirmed reports suggest a woman died in circumstances where her death might have been prevented had she had access to abortion. #AniJednejWięcej

https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1320679244041781251

2/. This reported death comes just weeks after @amnesty & other organisations including @hrw @AbortionSupport @CIVICUSMonitor @ReproRights @federapl @strajkkobiet warned that the abortion ban was “causing incalculable harm to women & girls in #Poland.”
amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

3/. The situation faced by women in Poland is a stark illustration of the impact an abortion ban can have on the day that the US Supreme Court is set to take a closer look at the Texas abortion ban law

The impact of the vote will be felt far beyond Texas
abcnews.go.com/Politics/justi…

4/. Last month, retired doctor, @MSimanowitz wrote a sobering piece in @Newsweek reminding us of what it was like to be an obstetrician in the UK in the mid-1960’s before abortion was legalised.
#AbortionBan #Texas #StrajkKobiet #CzarnyProtest #RoeVWade
newsweek.com/we-need-access…

5/. Last month, #SanMarino joined 50+ countries that have improved access to abortion in the past 25 years

It was decriminalised in:

South Korea in 2021
Argentina in 2020
Ireland in 2019

But disturbingly, #Poland & #Texas are swimming against the tide.

https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1442198971863035910

6/. The death of a 30-year-old woman through septic shock after being refused an abortion was confirmed ystdy

In #Poland things are set to get even worse

Another #abortion ban will be considered in two weeks' time which equates abortion with murder.

https://twitter.com/AnnaMBlus/status/1455833545650450435

7/. Tmw, MPs in Slovakia will vote on a bill that would severely restrict access to abortion in Slovakia

@amnesty is calling them to reject this bill in its entirety

Imposing unjustified hurdles to abortion would endanger health & even lives. amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

8/. Tmw, #Poland's parliament will debate a “stop abortion” bill that seeks to legally equate accessing or providing abortion services with killing

"Polish MPs must unequivocally reject this sinister bill," @amnesty's @esthermajor amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

9/. Poland’s MPs have rejected a legislative proposal that would outlaw abortion as homicide

In the US, a #SupremeCourt hearing over Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban suggests the conservative-majority court might place new restrictions on abortion.
abcnews.go.com/Health/wireSto…