The paper is devoted to selected issues concerning legal and empirical aspects of conditions for lawfulness of abortion. During the applicable analyses, first of all, reference is made to the binding Polish legislation which allows performing abortion for reasons of medical, teratologic and criminal nature. Due to the recently proposed amendments (in this regard, Bills of 2013 and 2016 are considered) aimed at changing those regulations, the further part of the article attempts to highlight the contemporary views of the Polish society on the grounds for admissible abortion laid down in the domestic legislation and legal changes being prepared. The analysis of the available survey results made it possible to note that the present form of the abortion law is an example of a solution generally accepted by the community, which means that “the demands of public opinion” cannot justify its “drastic” modification, and it might even be perceived as some kind of abuse.