Abortion in Poland has declined from a peak of about 260,000 under communist rule in 1963 to only 328 in 2007, a decline of nearly 99.9%.[1]
From 1987 to 1993 the number of abortions in Poland decreased by 99% as the communist rule was overthrown.
The result has been a dramatic improvement in women's health and a spectacular decrease in harmful premature births. Here are the data for deaths of Polish children under age 5 with Cerebral Palsy (CP):[2]
| Year | Deaths for children under age 5 years old with CP | Live Births | Deaths per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 104 | 680,091 | 15.3 |
| 1986 | 130 | 637,213 | 20.4 |
| 1987 | 95 | 607,790 | 15.6 |
| 1988 | 98 | 598,938 | 16.6 |
| 1989 | 93 | 564,431 | 16.5 |
| 1990 | 72 | 547,720 | 13.1 |
| 1991 | 54 | 547,719 | 9.9 |
| 1992 | 68 | 515,214 | 13.2 |
| 1993 | 51 | 494,310 | 10.3 |
| 1994 | 47 | 481,285 | 9.8 |
| 1995 | 47 | 438,109 | 10.9 |
| 1996 | 42 | 428.203 | 9.8 |
| 1997[3] | 20 | 412.635 | 4.8 |
| 1998 | 23 | 395,619 | 5.8 |
| 1999 | 16 | 382,002 | 4.2 |
| 2000 | 17 | 378,348 | 4.5 |
| 2001 | 16 | 368,205 | 4.3 |
| 2002 | 19 | 353,765 | 5.4 |
| 2003 | 15 | 351,072 | 4.3 |
| 2004 | 5 | 356,131 | 1.4 |
| 2005 | 5 | 364,383 | 2.5 |
| 2006 | 9 | 374,244 | 2.4 |
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References
- ↑ http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/ab-poland.html
- ↑ These data were sent by Poland's CSO (Central Statistical Office) Deputy Director Witold Wozniak to Brent Rooney on 12 June 2008.
- ↑ In 1997 Poland converted to the new ICD 9 (International Classification of Disease, 9th revision) definition of CP