Andrzej Sebastian Duda (born 16 May 1972) is a Polish lawyer and politician who has served as president of Poland since 6 August 2015. Before becoming president, Andrzej Duda was a member of Polish Lower House (Sejm) from 2011 to 2014 and the European Parliament from 2014 to 2015.
Poland planning treaty to ban abortion and same-sex marriage
gscene.comThe Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) has leaked a letter from Poland’s justice ministry which detailed plans to create an international treaty to ban abortion and same-sex marriage.
The Polish government was due to sign a treaty with Croatia, Czechia, Slovakia and Slovenia to create laws against anti-women violence, but announced its plans to withdraw last year.
The Polish parliament is now due to vote on a draft law to request president Andrzej Duda not attend a convention in Istanbul regarding the prevention of violence against women.
In place of regulations to protect women, the government has proposed an alternative treaty which aims to limit women’s access to abortion and prevent marriage equality.
