O wejściu w boskie i lekarskie kompetencje. Zbieżności medycznych i katolickich perspektyw na aborcję w polskiej debacie publicznej
On entering divine and medical competence converging medical and catholic perspectives on abortion in the polish public debate

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the interpenetration of medical and religious perspectives on abortion in the Polish public debate. Taking into account doctors’ statements, an analysis of media discourse following two deaths of pregnant women in 2021 and 2023 reveals convergences in medical and Catholic practices of discursively constructing the fetus as a subject and limiting reproductive autonomy by defining the autonomous decision to have an abortion as an encroachment on someone else’s (medical or divine) competence. The reflections are set in the context of the phenomenon of the medicalisation of pregnancy and the history of anti-abortion alliances between the Catholic Church and the Polish medical community.

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