Posted on 03/16/2010 2:08:14 AM PDT by Cardhu
A feminist organisation in Poland has been accused of promoting "abortion tourism" by encouraging women to travel to Britain to have terminations on the NHS.
Polish law prohibits abortion, but the advertising campaign by pro-abortion group SROM aims to raise awareness of women's options outside their home country.
SROM's poster shows a woman in her underwear with the words "my choice" written on her stomach in English.
The group mimicks the Mastercard advertising campaign to illustrate the costs involved in having an abortion in Britain.
"Plane ticket to England - 300 zloty (£70)," it says.
"Accommodation - 240 zloty (£56). Abortion in a public clinic - 0 zloty.
"Relief after a procedure carried out in decent conditions - priceless."
The slogan at the bottom of the poster reads: "For everything, you pay less than an underground abortion in Poland."
Thousands of Polish women travel to Britain for an abortion each year, taking advantage of the reciprocal agreement for the provision of free medical care under EU laws.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
Sorry but this story sounds strange.
There is nothing like free healthcare for
any EU citizen in “foreign” Eu countries.
The only chance to get it for “free” is that your
insurance back home covers it (and it´s very unlikely that they “cover” Abortion in Poland). If not of course
you will have to pay for it.
Read the link and the last two paragraphs seems to confirm that you are right.
ups. I thought this allready was the whole story ;-)
Thanks for the hint.
But it should be mentioned that inner EU “abortion
tourism” is pretty common.
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