In Poland, the government introduced a bill eyeing to legalize civil partnerships, which – if passed – would reverse the country’s current ban on civil partnerships and its failure to recognize civil partnerships from other nations.
Aside from recognizing the civil partnership between two unmarried adults upon registration (including LGBTQIA people in relationships), civil partners will also enjoy marital rights to taxation, healthcare, inheritance and maintenance.
Nonetheless, the draft law does not give civil partners the right to adoption, and allows registry officials to discriminate against same-sex couples. These are said to be “concessions” designed to secure the support of the conservative Polish Peasants’ Party (PSL).
The draft law will first be reviewed by committees before it can be brought to a vote in parliament. Before it can become law, the legislation needs to be approved by parliament, and then signed by conservative Polish president Andrzej Duda.
