The in vitro program, the availability of the morning-after pill in Poland's 1,200 pharmacies as part of a pharmaceutical service, disciplining hospitals not to deny women the right to legal abortion - these areas, among others, Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna pointed to as her successes after six months in office at the ministry.
As for the IVF program, the Health Ministry is pleased with the first confirmed pregnancies, made possible by the use of previously frozen embryos (the program launched on June 1). The availability of the morning-after pill by way of a pharmaceutical service is rarely judged a success, as about 10 percent of pharmacies, rather unevenly distributed, have joined the program, but Izabela Leszczyna stressed at Wednesday's meeting with reporters that she has done her best. - I won't break the wall with my head," she said, referring to President Andrzej Duda's veto.
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