On 22 October 2020, the Constitutional Tribunal of Poland ruled that an abortion due to foetal impairment was unconstitutional. This article discusses the context of this controversial ruling as well as its main tenets, focusing on the interpretation of the human rights proffered by the Tribunal and on the rule of law concerns raised by the Tribunal’s decision. Against the backdrop of a brief history of the legal regulation of abortion in Poland since 1945, the article offers a critical assessment of the human rights framework used in the Polish abortion debate. Based on a close reading of the Tribunal’s ruling and the dissenting opinions, the article points out the particularities in the Tribunal’s engagement with international law and human rights jurisprudence. The article argues that the Tribunal’s decision is yet another symptom of the crisis in which the rule of law in Poland has found itself since 2015. It bears evidence to the closing of the jurisprudential horizon caused by the political change which has been taking place in Poland since 2015, consisting of the reduction of the role of international human rights debates as a reference in Polish constitutional jurisprudence. The ruling is therefore a portent of Poland’s future compliance with its international commitments in human rights matters.

2020 年 10 月 22 日，波兰宪法法庭裁定，因胎儿受损而堕胎是违宪的。本文讨论了这一有争议裁决的背景及其主要原则，重点是对法庭提供的人权的解释以及法庭裁决引发的法治问题。在波兰自 1945 年以来对堕胎的法律规制简史的背景下，本文对波兰堕胎辩论中使用的人权框架进行了批判性评估。文章在细读仲裁庭裁决和异议意见的基础上，指出仲裁庭在国际法和人权判例中的特殊性。文章认为，法庭的裁决是自 2015 年以来波兰法治陷入危机的又一症状。它证明了波兰正在发生的政治变革导致法学视野的关闭自 2015 年以来，包括减少国际人权辩论在波兰宪法判例中作为参考的作用。因此，该裁决预示着波兰未来将遵守其在人权事务上的国际承诺。包括减少国际人权辩论在波兰宪法法学中作为参考的作用。因此，该裁决预示着波兰未来将遵守其在人权事务上的国际承诺。包括减少国际人权辩论在波兰宪法法学中作为参考的作用。因此，该裁决预示着波兰未来将遵守其在人权事务上的国际承诺。