# Polish Bishops Reject Abortion Reform and Pick Abuse Commission Chair

- By: Pulpit News Newsroom
- 2026-11-02T12:50:00.000Z
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## Excerpt

At the close of their 24 October assembly, the bishops' conference answered two bills the Sejm passed on the 20th, which still need the Senate and the president. On 20 October 2026, Poland's Sejm passed by 217 votes to 213 a Criminal Code amendment decriminalising helping or inducing an unlawful abortion, and by 233 to 203 another bill that would allow abortion in cases of severe fetal impairment. On 24 October 2026, the Polish Bishops' Conference closed its 406th plenary assembly in Zakopane by rejecting both bills; both still need to go through the Senate and the president. The same assembly approved the revised statute of the independent commission on abuse of minors and named historian Piotr Franaszek as chair, but the commission cannot start until the Interior Ministry approves its legal status.

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