Warsaw balks on abortion ban Christian Davies, Guardian Thursday, October 6, 2016 A controversial proposal to ban abortion in Poland appears to have collapsed after senior politicians from the nation’s ruling party backed away from it after a parliamentary committee urged the parliament to vote it down following mass protests. © 2023 The Catholic Thing. All rights reserved. For reprint rights, write to: [email protected] The Catholic Thing is a forum for intelligent Catholic commentary. Opinions expressed by writers are solely their own.