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On June 20-22, 2004, an international conference was held in Warsaw, Poland, called "Abortion - - Causes, Ramifications, Therapy." It was coordinated by the work of pro-life professionals from around Poland. In addition, co-sponsoring organizations included the Demographic Committee of the Polish Academy of Science, the Ombudsman for Children in Poland, and the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology.
The chairman of the Scientific Committee was Dr. Bogdan Chazan, an obstetrician and gynecologist from Warsaw. The chairman of the Organizing Committee was Dr. Witold Simon, a psychotherapist from Warsaw. A number of Americans were speakers for the conference and members of the Scientific Committee, including Dr. Joel Brind, Dr. Priscilla Coleman, Dr. Wanda Franz, and Dr. Vincent Rue.
Also speaking at the conference were Karen Cross, executive director of West Virginians for Life and an at-large representative to the NRLC Board of Directors, along with Dr. Catherine Coyle, psychotherapist and president of the International Forgiveness Institute. They joined 25 other Polish and international speakers for a comprehensive coverage of the topic.
The conference came at a critical time for Poland. During the time that Poland was behind the Iron Curtain, abortion was legal and widely encouraged. With the rise of the Solidarity Movement, abortion was made illegal, with no measurable negative effects on women or society.
Unfortunately, since then, there has been a great deal of pressure to liberalize the law.
Today, the law supposedly limits abortion very strictly, but everyone admits there are uncounted thousands of illegal abortions being ...
Source: HighBeam Research, American Representatives Speak in Poland.(abortion law)