Opposition leader blames woman's death on 'in-human' abortion law

Donald Tusk, the leader of Poland's main opposition party, Civic Platform (PO), has said that "ideology" and an "in-human law" were responsible for the death of a pregnant woman who failed to get an abortion. The 30-year-old woman died in a hospital in the southern town of Pszczyna in September but her case came to light when a lawyer working on behalf of her family published details. The woman had been admitted to hospital when her amniotic fluid broke in the 22nd week of pregnancy. Her foetus was also found to have defects. Less than 24 hours after entering hospital she died of sceptic shock, and her family have blamed doctors for not terminating the pregnancy when they had the chance, which they say contributed to her death.