ECHR 2011/15 Case of R.R. v. Poland, 26 May 2011, no. 27617/04 (Fourth Section).

摘要

The applicant was born in 1973 and lives in Poland. On 20 February 2002, 18 weeks pregnant she had an ultrasound scan, following which her family doctor told her that he could not rule out the possibility that the foetus was malformed. She told him she wished to have an abortion if his suspicion proved true. She was married and had two children at the time.Two further scans confirmed that her foetus was probably malformed and it was recommended that she have an amniocentesis. The applicant then saw a specialist in clinical genetics who recommended that she ask for a formal referral from her family doctor to have the amniocentesis carried out in a public hospital in L6cB> He refused.