Tag: Dr. Bogdan Chazan

Warsaw hospital head sacked for refusing to refer for abortion

  By Michael Cook The director of a hospital in Warsaw has been dismissed because he refused to refer a woman for an abortion. The case has become a cause celebre in Poland, leading to protests from the Catholic clergy and internet petitions. Dr Bogdan Chazan was approached in April by a woman who wanted …

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Polish conscience tested: the case of Professor Chazan

  By Natalia Dueholm WARSAW, Poland — The most recent case in Poland’s abortion wars will test the country’s conscience. The case centers around Professor Bogdan Chazan, one of Poland’s top doctors and director of the Holy Family Hospital in Warsaw. Chazan came under fire last month when he refused to perform an abortion on …

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