Polish Appeals Court to Rule Next Month in Abortion Case Which ...
11 hours ago · WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An appeals court in Poland said Thursday that it would rule next month in the case of a women's rights activist convicted in 2023 of providing another woman with abortion ...
Abortion in Poland - Wikipedia
On 30 October 2020, about 100,000 people took to the streets of Warsaw in a protest against the Polish authorities over the ruling on abortion rights. [ 56 ] Since the ruling several women died from a septic shock, after the doctors refused to perform …
Poland: Unjust conviction of activist accused of aiding an abortion ...
1 day ago · Performing your own abortion or possession of abortion pills for a self-managed abortion is not a crime under Polish law, but any person or doctor who helps pregnant people with an abortion outside the two permitted grounds in the law may face up to three years in prison. ... At a hearing today at the Court of Appeal in Warsaw, the judge said ...
Rights experts reveal impact of Poland’s restrictive abortion laws …
Aug 26, 2024 · The rights of women in Poland are currently being violated due to restrictive abortion laws that have contributed to “several preventable deaths,” according to independent rights experts on...
Why Poland’s new government is challenged by abortion
May 24, 2024 · On April 14, 2024, tens of thousands of people joined a National March for Life through Warsaw. Organizers estimated that at least 50,000 people participated, claiming that it was the...
Poland Convicts Activist of Aiding an Abortion by Providing Pills
Mar 14, 2023 · The court in Warsaw found Ms. Wydrzynska guilty of aiding abortion by sending misoprostol pills, an abortion medication, and sentenced her to 30 hours of community service a month for eight...
Two Years On, Poland’s Abortion Crackdowns and the Rule of Law
Oct 22, 2022 · It’s been two years since hundreds of thousands of people – mostly women – joined protests in Poland against a near-total ban on legal abortion. Police used violence to disperse rallies and...
Poland has a strict abortion law — and many abortions ... - Yahoo
Apr 11, 2024 · WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s parliament held a long-awaited debate Thursday on liberalizing the country's strict abortion law. The traditionally Catholic nation has one of the most restrictive...
Near-total abortion ban takes effect in Poland amid protests
Jan 28, 2021 · WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A near-total ban on abortion has taken effect in Poland and triggered a new round of nationwide protests three months after a top court ruled that the abortion of...
The Human Toll of Poland's Strict Abortion Laws | TIME
Oct 13, 2023 · Abortion has been illegal in the country since 1993, but a 2020 ruling by Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal, which went into effect the next year, removed one of the exceptions to the law—fetal...