Women are protesting around Poland for free access to legal abortions

The Hindu22 October 2026, 18:37 UTCPoland

Passing the draft laws now, a year before the next parliamentary election, is a case of “token gestures” rather than a genuine effort to reform abortion law, said Zofia Marcinek of the Abortion Dream Team, a reproductive rights activist group in Warsaw

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