Polish parliament passes bill on right to IVF treatment
Poland’s parliament passed a bill stipulating the conditions for offering in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment on Thursday, fulfilling a key government promise as it looks to attract liberal voters before elections in October. IVF treatment has been available in Poland for 25 years but the traditionally Roman Catholic country has until now not passed legislation regulating it, remaining the only European Union member not to have done so. The Roman Catholic Church opposes in-vitro fertilization, saying it divorces marital sex from procreation and could result in the destruction of fertilized embryos.