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Polish Activists Open First Abortion Pill Locker in Warsaw

The locker has 22 compartments and offers anonymous access to abortion pills as activists challenge one of Europe’s strictest abortion regimes.

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The small, colourfully painted locker, which activists call an "abortomat", consists of 22 compartments containing envelopes with medications allowing them to carry out medical abortions. "It's a feminist intervention meant to show just how upside‑down things are," Kinga Jelinska, director of the Women Help Women Foundation and co-founder of the Abortion Dream Team, told AFP. "We always think about how to make abortion care easier, more access…

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Polish activists opened the first cabinet to distribute abortion pills in the country, allowing women to access the medication quickly and anonymously, despite strict legislation, observed an AFP photographer. 'Somatize many things': Yasmin Brunet opens the game about depression since adolescence Learn more: Why do women have a higher risk of depression and anxiety? Specialists explain in Poland, abortion is legal only in two cases: when pregnan…

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Polish activists created and inaugurated an abortion pill dispenser, allowing women to access them quickly and anonymously.

·Warsaw, Poland
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The machine is located opposite the Polish parliament, which, despite its promises, has not relaxed the country's strict abortion laws.

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In the Polish capital, Warsaw, abortion activists have opened an 'abortion vending machine.' This is a first for Poland, a country with one of the strictest abortion laws in Europe. The machine contains pills that allow women to terminate their pregnancies themselves. By doing so, the activists aim to make access to legal abortion in Poland easier for women.

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vrt broke the news in Brussels, Belgium on Wednesday, September 30, 2026.
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