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Last Updated: Tuesday, 20 March 2007, 13:51 GMT

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Polish woman wins abortion case
By Adam Easton
BBC News, Warsaw



The court decided that Poland had violated Mrs Tysiac's rights
The European Court of Human Rights has awarded a Polish woman 25,000 euros ($33,000; �16,000) in damages after she was refused an abortion.

Alicja Tysiac's eyesight worsened drastically after she had her third baby and she fears she may go blind.

The 35-year-old mother was refused an abortion despite warnings that having a baby could make her go blind.

In staunchly Catholic Poland, abortion is illegal unless the health of the mother or unborn child is at risk.

The Strasbourg court ruled that the mother of three's human rights had been violated when she was denied an abortion on therapeutic grounds.


[I am not a fan of abortion, but this woman clearly was warned by doctors that her eyesight would deteriorate. She wasn't having an abortion just because she got drunk one night and then pregnant.]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6470403.stm

[jinju]

How late was she into the pregnancy? Im not a fan of abortion either but if it comes down to a choice: mother or child, the mother has a right to basically defend herself, as is the case here.

Are you Polish? This is like the 100th thread on the first page youve started about Poland.