The Constitution in Article 118 (2) granted the group of at least one hundred thousand citizens the right to submit a citizens' bill and initiate the legislative process in the Polish parliament. Due to the formalized mode of implementation of the constitutional right of citizens to submit draft bills, this form of initiating the legislative process constitutes a negligible percentage compared to the number of submitted drafts by other authorized entities. Sometimes, the submitted projects concern controversial matters, arousing emotions and distorting public opinion. An example of such a draft is the citizens' bill proposed in the 8th term of the Sejm, amending the Act of 7 January 1993 on family planning, protection of the human fetus and conditions for the admissibility of termination of pregnancy (Sejm print 2146). The article analyzes the legislative process of the project.
<p>Problematyka prawnego usankcjonowania związków partnerskich wzbudza w Polsce duże kontrowersje i dotychczas nie została uregulowana w jakiejkolwiek formie. Dyskurs społeczno-polityczny na tematy kontrowersyjne, wywołujące często skrajne emocje, ożywa najczęściej w czasie kampanii wyborczych. Tak stało się również przed wyborami do Sejmu VII kadencji. Celem artykułu jest analiza programu partii Ruch Palikota oraz wniesionych przez partię projektów ustaw regulujących problematykę związków partnerskich.</p>
The ruling of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal of October 22, 2020 introduced a near-complete ban on abortion in Poland, as it removed from the law the embryopathological condition that allowed abortion when the fetus had an incurable, severe disease. The ruling raises a number of questions regarding the recognition of international protection of human rights, the equal protection status of human rights, and the principle of trust in the state. The Tribunal’s ruling resulted in massive public protests in Poland, the adoption of condemnatory resolutions by the European Parliament, and the submission of a new bill by members of the parliament from the opposition groups. The purpose of the paper is to show the questionable ruling issued by the Constitutional Tribunal from the perspective of protection of human rights and the attempts of opposition MPs to change the legal order. The Tribunal’s ruling violates women’s human rights and is therefore a form of discrimination against women. Attempts by opposition MPs to “civilize” the right to abortion have proved unsuccessful. The jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights may establish a breakthrough, as the Tribunal has received a complaint concerning the prevention of abortion on embryopathological grounds in connection with the ruling of the Constitutional Court of October 22, 2020.
<p>Celem artykułu jest prezentacja i ocena inicjatywy Prezydenta Andrzeja Dudy w temacie zmiany Konstytucji, z którą wystąpił 3 maja 2017 r. Ukazano działania i wystąpienia prezydenta w tym zakresie w ubiegłym roku oraz problemy z tym związane. Kontrowersje dotyczące prezydenckiej inicjatywy podzielono na prawne i polityczne. Prawne to regulacja instytucji referendum w Konstytucji z 1997 r., polityczne wynikają z opinii i koncepcji partii i obywateli na temat konstytucji i referendum w jej sprawie.</p>
There is room for everyone in the Catholic Church, but there is no consent for same-sex marriage in that Church as marriage only between a baptized man and a woman is a sacrament. Same-sex marriage is inconsistent with the Holy Scripture where marriage is based on God’s natural law. This official Scripture’s interpretation results in lack of possibility to reconciliate the official teaching of the Church with the recognition of same-sex marriage. The world is moving forward and so are the opinions of Christians and their growing support for same-sex marriage. Such marriage is recognized in thirty states worldwide, including states with dominant Catholic religion. Regardless the official teaching, the Catholic Church’s position is not uniform. The paper discusses the official interpretation of the Scripture concerning homosexuals, analyses the position of the Catholic Church toward same-sex marriage and indicates differences in Christians’ attitudes with respect to same-sex couples in Western and Eastern Europe.
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