Abortion crime in Poland

Kamil Smulski

doi:10.37873/er8x6g98

Keywords: protection of human life, prenatal stage of development, abortion, conceived child, right to life, contraceptives, maternal mortality, mental health complications of abortion, constitutional standards of protection of life, family planning act

Published: June 17, 2026

This chapter addresses issues related to the so-called abortion criminality (also often referred to as the ‘abortion underground’) in Poland, i.e., the phenomenon of aborting pregnancies in contravention of the law. The first part of the study concerns the issue of the diverse aetiology of this phenomenon. Next, an attempt was made to estimate the scale of the phenomenon. Moreover, manipulations in providing estimates related to the number of crimes of abortion against the provisions of the applicable law are also discussed. Then the author, referring to the aetiology, discusses the ways of counteracting the phenomenon of abortion criminality.

Kamil Smulski, Ordo Iuris Institute

Graduate of law at the University of Wroclaw. During his studies he served as vice-chairman and then chairman of the Student Scientific Circle Law, Society Culture, in addition, he was active in many other scientific circles. He cooperated with Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, for which he drew up a scientific expertise Marriage as a permanent union between a man and a woman – an analysis of selected current issues related to deconstruction and defense of the traditional paradigm. His academic activities also include issues related to the legal aspects of abortion. He is a member of the Polish Academic Corporation Cresovia Leopoliensis, where he has served as president and vice president in the past.

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Smulski, K. (2026) “Abortion crime in Poland”, in Kwaśniewski, J. (ed.) Protection of human life at the prenatal stage of development: Social, medical and legal aspects. Warszawa: Ordo Iuris Institute for Legal Culture - Scientific Press (Ordo Iuris Library). doi:10.37873/6rgjx104.

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