A/HRC/41/33/Add.4 It should also be pointed out that every country is free to decide how sexual education should be taught in schools. The goals of education and teaching content in the field of sexual education included in the core curriculum cover a wide spectrum of issues. For this reason they were included in various educational areas and subjects (Emotional area of development, nature, biology, physical education, education for family life). Detailed requirements set out in the core curriculum for individual educational stages correspond to the age, possibilities and cognitive needs of students. It should also be noted that Polish teachers have the right to choose methods of education and upbringing that they consider as most appropriate from among methods recognized by contemporary pedagogical standards. They are also free to choose textbooks and other teaching aids from among textbooks and aids that have been school-approved.3 Ad part VI “Health” paragraph 44 According to the report “rural women face obstacles to access health services and providers, such as gynaecologists”. The Act of August 27, 2004 on health care services financed from public funds and its implementing rules regulates the functioning of the health care system in Poland. According to the above-mentioned Act, the scope of the National Health Fund's (NFZ) activities includes determining the quality and availability of healthcare services and analysis of its costs to the extent necessary for the proper conclusion of contracts for the provision of healthcare services. Bearing in mind the importance of the discussed issue (access to healthcare services in rural areas), in the Regulation of the Minister of Health of February 8, 2018 in Appendix No. 1 "List of detailed criteria for the selection of offers along with the conditions setting them and the value assigned to them, such as outpatient specialist care", regarding the proceedings: obstetrics and gynaecology services, in the "Accessibility" Criteria, a new category was introduced "Location of the clinic", in which the condition assessed promotes counselling centers located in towns up to 5,000 residents. It is aimed at promoting bidders whose counselling centres are located in rural areas, applying for NFZ proceedings for the conclusion of a contract for providing health care services, such as outpatient specialist care in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology. The report stresses also that “woman with disabilities, Roma woman, LBTI+ persons have limited access to health services tailored to their needs”. In this context it has to be emphasized that equal access to health protection is a constitutionally guaranteed right. According to Art. 68 para. 3 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland of April 2, 1997, public authorities are obliged to provide special health care for children, pregnant women, disabled people and the elderly. The above obligations are reflected in the provisions of the Act of 27 August 2004 on health care services financed from public funds, which defines the tasks of public authorities in the scope of ensuring equal access to healthcare services financed from public funds. According to the above-mentioned Act, healthcare providers are obliged to provide healthcare services in a way that ensures respect for the principle of fair, equal, nondiscriminatory and transparent access to those services and in accordance with medical criteria. As far as the women with disabilities are concerned, provisions of the Regulation of the Minister of Health of August 16, 2018 regarding the organizational standard of perinatal care, are relevant as they do not differentiate the organization of perinatal care in the case of women with disabilities. Regardless of the level of physical, mental or cognitive abilities of patients, doctors of all specialties (gynaecological-obstetric advice should not be an 3 4 Article 12 paragraph 2 of the Act - Teacher's Charter (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 967, consolidated text).

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