The hospital where the woman died issued a statement Tuesday saying they were “joined in pain” with her loved ones and others mourning her, and insisted that its staff had done everything to save her and the fetus. Women’s rights activists say doctors in Poland now wait for a fetus with no chance of survival to die in the womb rather than perform an abortion. But the Constitutional Tribunal, under the influence of Poland’s conservative ruling party, ruled last year that abortions for congenital defects were not constitutional. People lit candles for her in an evening vigil.īefore the new restriction, women in Poland could have abortions only in three cases: if the pregnancy results from a crime like rape if the woman’s life is at risk or in the case of severe fetal deformities. The woman, identified only as Izabela, died in September but her case was only made public Friday, triggering protests in Warsaw, Krakow and elsewhere on Monday. Some who supported the new abortion restriction said there is no certainty that it led to the woman’s death and accused women’s rights activists of exploiting the situation. Reproductive rights activists say she is the first person to die as a result of a recent restriction of Poland’s abortion law. Doctors did not perform an abortion, even though her fetus was lacking amniotic fluid, according to a lawyer for the family. The 30-year-old woman died of septic shock in her 22nd week of pregnancy. WARSAW, Poland (AP) - A Polish hospital said Tuesday that doctors and midwives did everything they could to save the lives of a pregnant woman and her fetus in a case that has put the spotlight on a new restriction on Poland’s abortion law.

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