Less than eight percent of people are in favour of tightening the applicable abortion legislation. One in three respondents want a law that would be more forthcoming to women, and about a third of people want the law not to change at all. This follows from a survey conducted by the pollster AKO on a sample of 1,000 respondents between October 21 and October 25.
The survey was commissioned by the Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party. Jana Bitto Ciganikova (SaS), chairwoman of the Parliamentary Health Committee, presented the results. When asked whether state hospitals should be obliged to perform legal abortions, up to 74 percent of people answered in the affirmative, according to Bitto Ciganikova. Only 12 percent of respondents said they should not be obliged to do so, and just over three percent are in favour of a total ban on such surgeries.
As for taking time to think, the survey showed that a quarter of respondents consider it necessary to give a woman time to reconsider having an abortion. Just over 40 percent of people said the waiting period was not needed and a quarter of people could not say. At the ongoing session, Parliament is to decide on a law to help pregnant women. According to liberal MPs, Anna Zaborska’s (OLaNO deputy club) bill makes access to abortions more difficult.
