News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]

my personal theory is that (at least a percentage of) doctors actively sabotage current abortion laws (the article seems to prove it) for idealogical reasons - most doctors are in favour of abortions on demand as far as I know

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]


they are playing it safe until a feminist organisation demads an abortion from them (on behalf of the mothers) - and then they face no legal consequences (300 interventions of the organistaion and not a single instance of charges) - do you not see your own bias - do you not see that you see all things separately

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]


because of the outrageous interpretation of the law by the doctors not by the law itself - also the threat to the mother started late in the pregnancy (it's probably usually the case) but the law allows for abortion in such a case in ANY phase of pregnancy

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]

you haven't read the second excerpt from the article - it clearly states there was not a single incident of charges against a doctor for an abortion since the infamous ruling - to me it looks like a systemic sabotage of the current law (by the doctors)

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]


I doubt they would go as far as to make a fake news like that (falsely quoting a fellow patient) - if you do then I don't envy you

I understand they often try to manipulate things mostly by blowing things out of proportion but I never encountered an outright lie (maybe I missed something so I will gladly admit to be wrong if I'm corrected)

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]

@gumishu

can anybody tell me it's not a systemic fault of the doctors: Federacja na rzecz Kobiet i Planowania Rodziny informuje, że od czasu opublikowania wyroku Trybunału Konstytucyjnego interweniowała w około 300 przypadkach, kiedy kobietom - mimo występowania przesłanki o zagrożeniu zdrowia lub życia - odmawiano wykonania aborcji.

it's as if the doctors are actually sabotaging the law (gremialnie) -

here's the link to the article -some passages are very telling: wydarzenia.interia.pl/autor/jolanta-kaminska/news-co-zmienil-wyrok-trybunalu-konstytucyjnego-w-sprawie-aborcji,nId,5625221

like this one for example: Federa monitoruje też sprawę karania lekarzy. - Od czasu ogłoszenia wyroku nie słyszałam o żadnym zarzucie prokuratorskim, dotyczącym lekarza ginekologa, który terminował ciążę niezgodnie z prawem - mówi.

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]


and they didn't act like that - the worst case was the death of the mother in this case - they did nothing to prevent it even as they aware that a sepsa would develope if they didn't act - it is clear from the texts she send to her family - also (as per TVP INFO) the woman reported that she feels worse and worse and the doctors said thye didn't see anything serious (TVP INFO quoted a woman who was in the same room as the deceased)

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]

it doesn't reflect any better on them - if a doctor takes care more about his career than the well-being of the patient they shouldn't be a doctor - also if you ask me it's in a violation of Hippocrates oath

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]


even a haflwit understands that the law is in protection of the mother if the pregnancy is a threat to her life or health (it is even singled out in the infamous verdict by the Constitutional Tribunal) - it looks like the doctors in this case weren't even halfwits and never cared for the life of the woman in the first place


either you don't know what the Polish abortion law is or you cannot string together two logically coherent sentences - if abortion is completely prohibited in Afghanistan then it's different from Poland because abortion in Poland is allowed if the pregnancy is a threat to the life and HEALTH of the mother and in the case abortion is a result of an unlawful act (like sex with a minor, rape, incest etc)

also I'm not (as I already stated in the thread) in favour of the most recent ruling of the Constitutional Tribunal on the issue (at least not entirely)

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]


you can easily check the existence and political views of Kamila Ferenc by googling

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@pawian

I'll pass, since it's too easy, let other people guess

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]


all stupis people think it's PiS' fault - including yourself


good to know that you have a different opinion to a feminist lawyer - she is probably not feminist enough for you - or maybe you are too feminist (or maybe just simply biased and stupid)

Language / Polish Phrases Meaning Old Soul? [14]


reincarnation is simply reinkarnacja in Polish
twin flame doesn't have good sounding Polish translation - a direct translation would be bliźniaczy płomień but I never encountered it
wędrówka dusz is an obsolete term (a translation of the greek word metempsychosis)

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]

@gumishu

even a leftist lawyer from a feminist NGO stated as follows (exactly what I stated above) in a radio program:

Prawo zezwala na ratowanie kobiety, która jest w ciąży, gdy istnieje zagrożenie dla jej życia lub zdrowia. Obowiązująca przesłanka pozwala na to, żeby ratować kobiety, tylko trzeba mieć jeszcze wolę, by z niej skorzystać - stwierdziła w rozmowie z TOK FM Kamila Ferenc, prawniczka Federacji na Rzecz Kobiet i Planowania Rodziny. Ferenc przyznała, że w takiej sytuacji prawo należy interpretować na korzyść ciężarnej kobiety


all stupis people think it's PiS' fault - including yourself

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]


the doctors are idiots simple as that - PiS figures (but also people from Konfederacja) clearly stated what is the law - and the law is when a pregnancy is a threat to life or health of the mother it can be terminated

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]


she died because of idiot doctors not because of any law - if a pregancy threatens the life or health of the mother it can be terminated according to the law

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Kyiv Golden Gate?

Language / Polish Phrases Meaning Old Soul? [14]


it's stara dusza just as pawian said - it happens to be the direct translation ( old soul is a pretty simple concept that's probably why)

News / Poland highest inflation in 20 years [319]


you realize that if you hold a Polish passport you will subject to Polish laws like every Polish citizen while in Poland (at least in theory)

Language / Grammar - difference between "jaki" and "co" in Polish language [43]


actually the question translates simply as "What is this building?" (an afterthought)

Language / Grammar - difference between "jaki" and "co" in Polish language [43]


Mr Atch is wrong - Co to za budynek? is a perfectly Polish question - and it means What is this building for? ((more or less) - mafketis was right and he refered to a google search and not google translate (two different beasts)

News / Poland highest inflation in 20 years [319]


I have already stated in this thread that NBP probably doesn't seriously raise interest rates because of the concern about people with mortgage (I may be wrong though)


I blame the inflation discrepancy between zloty and the dollar for this - just my not very informed guess

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the current basic interest rate by NBP is 1.25 per cent: hardly an obstacle for those wanting to get credit - but I concur that the 85 thousand threshold for additonal tax is quite low - you maybe right about squeezing the middle class - we'll see how it turns out

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PolAm - maybe you missed my post about the 30 000 PLN tax free proposal so:

if you think it's populist and damaging (because the government will seek money elsewhere) it was the opposition parties who have proposed it first: 30 000 PLN tax free for those who earn as much (much lower tax free for those who earn more and no tax cuts for those who earn above 120 000 PLN) by Rafał Trzaskowski in the presidential elections of 2020

- similar proposals were made by Kosiniak-Kamysz of PSL also in 2020 -
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do you think they Trzaskowski and Kamysz are populists or maybe you believe that theirs were just empty promises made to gain votes

News / Poland highest inflation in 20 years [319]


it is a strange experience trying to debate with you jon - I think I will pass for now

News / Poland highest inflation in 20 years [319]


I tried to say that PiS policies are risky (to my understanding and I am not the finance minister) and can backfire badly - but if it all turns out good the tax cuts for the poorest (most pensioners will pay no tax according to the government proposals) can be an election winner for PiS

- also if you think the Polish Deal policies (that include the tax cuts) are populist it was first PSL who proposed the tax free earnings in the range of 30 000 PLN (close to the current government proposal) - looks like PSL is equally as populist as PiS

(I just found that one of Rafał Trzaskowski's points of presidential programme was precisely this: 30 000 PLN tax free for the poorest - seems like the flagship of PO a while back was as populist as PiS - but well PO figures are known to make false promises)

News / Poland highest inflation in 20 years [319]


in theory it is a good idea to have interest rates higher than the inflation rate - the thing is most Russians don't have savings - which means Russian central banks only caters to those who have (which means it caters for the rich)


as far as I know Glapiński is responsible for monetary policy not fiscal policy

News / Poland highest inflation in 20 years [319]


you have probably missed the fact I posted that interest rate in Russia is on par with the inflation rate (and in Russia even fewer people have any savings than in Poland) - in comparison Polish basic interest is 1.25 per cent - a difference of 1 basic point compared to the US is hardly a huge one

News / Poland highest inflation in 20 years [319]


hush, don't you dare to unmask liberal double thinking :P

by the way, democracy in Poland can well mean just a facade if the ruling party bends to the EU pressure

but... well, Polish is already a facade democracy - only about 20 per cent of the adult population voted for PiS (you have to willfully ignore the fact that about 50 per cent of the population willfully chose to ignore general elections)

News / Poland highest inflation in 20 years [319]


most of those who had (have) no savings have benefited from social programmes like 500+ and 13th and 14th pension

I understand that the central bank and the Polish government are not really concerned about inflation currently because it increases nominal tax incomes while the nominal spendings remain the same - it may be shortsighted and can backfire in the longer run but cutting on taxes on fuels and electricity means more budget deficit now which doesn't look appealing either - I think the government wants to keep the economy growing even at the expense of higher inflation - growing economy means less unemployment

also let's take into account that the government plans on reducing income taxes for those with low income in the next year already - I don't know how this is going to affect the budget deficit (I think they resigned to the bigger budget deficits by now) - I really don't know how it turns out but inflation really plays into government promises - it looks like the tax cuts for the less well-off will have an impact on spending - it also can mean even more inflation which in short term the government will find beneficial/helpful but in the long run can render running businesses difficult