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Women’s right protesters clashed with police in Warsaw on Friday for a third night of demonstrations over a near-total ban on abortions with rape, incest or saving the mother’s life the only exemptions. Poles took to the streets of Warsaw, Gdansk and other cities for a third night of protests Friday, after a near-total ban … Read more
Poland will today implement a near-total ban on abortion following a ruling on the matter three months ago. ‘The ruling will be published today in the Journal of Laws,’ the government information centre said on Twitter. Under the new legislation, abortions are only permitted in cases of rape and incest, and when the mother’s life … Read more
Protesters targeted Catholic churches across Poland on Sunday in the fourth straight day of upheaval against a near-total ban on abortion in the EU country. Demonstrators chanted ‘we’ve had enough!’ and ‘barbarians’ inside a church in the western city of Poznan, according to a video clip posted on social media, in scenes that were repeated … Read more