Foreign Policy
Dail Éireann — 2022-06-23
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Gino Kenny (PBP), Dublin Mid-West

The Polish people and Europe in general have shown amazing solidarity with Ukrainians who are fleeing their own country in the face of absolute barbarity by the Russian Federation. I am aware that there is an ongoing debate in Poland, which will be debated in the Polish Parliament as of today, in respect of the lifting of the ban on abortions, not only for Polish women but for anybody fleeing the situation in Ukraine. The rape of women as a weapon of war is the most heinous of crimes and I highlight the situation where women present themselves in Poland but cannot gain access to having an abortion, having been raped in that situation.
I urge the Minister to highlight this terrible situation in Poland at European level and with his counterpart in Poland.

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Sitting date: 2022-06-23