The Poles' obsession with children

The young Polish writer, Dorota Maslowska, criticises the debate about whether to further toughen up Poland's already stringent abortion laws. "Poland's obsession with children, which also affects me as a mother, is shocking. It would be wonderful if all the good intentions were to bear fruit... In the media a strange debate is raging about whether a Polish citizen is such from birth, or from conception, or even as a spermatozoon... The protection of unborn life is exemplary. But no sooner has a citizen been born and taken his first breath of Poland's blessed air than this defence shield is torn apart - even before the citizen who bore him has time to realise it. And those who so bravely and selflessly stepped up to defend him go home and draw the curtains."

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