Godek, whose Life and Family Foundation collected the signatures needed to submit the bill to parliament, said the initiative was "a response to a system of abortion-related assistance that has grown in Poland in recent years.”
Called "Abortion is Murder," the bill would have banned "the public promotion of activities aiding the termination of pregnancies," according to the PAP news agency.
The measure would have also banned information campaigns about access to abortion in Poland and abroad, reporters were told.
Meanwhile, those found guilty of urging a woman to have an abortion would have faced up to three years in prison, and “persuading a woman to terminate a pregnancy” would have carried a prison sentence of up to eight years, according to officials.
In December 2021, Polish lawmakers rejected a bill that would have outlawed abortion by defining it as homicide, according to reports at the time.
Under existing law, abortion is allowed in Poland only when the pregnancy endangers the life or health of the woman or if it is a result of "a forbidden act," such as rape or incest.
The country's abortion regulations were last modified after its Constitutional Tribunal in October 2020 ruled that abortion due to serious fetal defects and severe illnesses was unconstitutional.
The ruling prompted a wave of protests across the country.
