Protests in Poland as court bans abortion on almost all grounds
In the largely Catholic country, the ruling bans abortions even due to foetal defects, the most common of the few legal grounds for abortion
23 October 2020 - 18:07
Warsaw — Activists called for protests across Poland on Friday, despite coronavirus restrictions, after the country’s top court banned almost all grounds for abortion in the largely Catholic country.
The Constitutional Tribunal’s ruling on Thursday to ban abortions due to foetal defects ended the most common of the few legal grounds for abortion, and set Poland further apart from the European mainstream...
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