² An average monthly in Poland salary is ca 300 USD

³ Gazeta Wyborcza, July 14, 1995

⁴ Iwona Krzemie, I have made the decision: I'm not going to give birth, NIE URODZ. Naj, no 2/96

⁵ The Code of Medical Ethics adopted by the Medical Councils introduced serious restrictions to abortion, two years before the Parliament passed the anti-abortion law.

⁶ Andrzej Ratajczak, 'Democratic Legal State in Totalitarian Wrapping', Rzeczpospolita daily paper, 6.11.1995

⁷ Jacek Brzuszkiewicz, 'Abortions in Lvov', Gazeta Wyborcza daily newspaper, 5.02.1996

⁸ Błażej Toraski, 'A Stone in the Belly', Życie Warszawy daily newspaper, 7.03.1996

⁹ Tomasz Makowiak, 'Illegal Abortions', Gazeta Wyborcza daily, 16.01.1996

¹⁰ Compare Report on the Consequences of Anti-abortion Law, page 5, The Federation on Women and Family Planning, 1994

¹¹ 'The Monument of Stupidity' Woman and Life, women's weekly, 17.02.1996

¹² Zdzisława Jucewicz, 'She died not to give birth' Przyjaciółka, women's weekly, 12.09.1995

¹³ The data from the Computer Office of the Statistics Department of the Main Police Headquarters

¹⁴ Ibid

¹⁵ Report on the implementation of the act on family planning..., governmental paper, Ministry of Health, 1993

¹⁶ Ibid

¹⁷ Arnold Pawelski, "Abortion, the system of values and the feeling of guilt" in:Abortion and Politics" by Chaubiski, Warsaw 1993, pp.- 192-196

¹⁸ Arnold Pawelski, "On negative effects of the anti-abortion law", 1996, unpublished

¹⁹ Report on the Implementation of the Law on Family Planning... , governmental paper, 1995, page 19

²⁰ Maria Trawiska, 'Report - Sex Education in Polish Schools;' research conducted by the monthly 'Lider' (Leader) and approved by the Ministry of Education, Agencja Promo-Lider, 1995

²¹ Ibid

²² The most frequent of them are: the belief that one cannot get pregnant from the first intercourse, that prevention of preganacy is a woman's problem, that contraceptives are harmful, that withdrawal is 100% effective in preventing pregnancy, that alcohol has contraceptive influence, various methods of preventing pregnancy like: covering the genitals with vinegar, hot bath after the intercourse, inserting soap to uterus, the belief that it is harmful to wash during the menstruation, that masturbation is physically and mentally harmmful. (M. Trawiska, Report... Promo-Lider , 1995)