Women are protesting in Poland for free access to legal abortions
Activists say the bills are token gestures because conservative President Karol Nawrocki is expected to veto reforms that would ease abortion rules.
- On Thursday, women planned street demonstrations in more than 20 Polish cities to protest the lack of access to free and legal abortion, accusing Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government of failing to fulfill campaign promises.
- Poland maintains some of Europe's most restrictive abortion laws, which were tightened in 2020 under the Law and Justice government, banning abortions of fetuses with congenital defects.
- Activists from the Abortion Dream Team argue the government's promises act as 'disinformation,' noting that while hospitals performed 573 abortions in early 2026, most procedures occur illegally outside the healthcare system.
- Parliament passed two bills on Tuesday aimed at easing abortion rules, yet these measures remain likely to be vetoed by President Karol Nawrocki, leaving current restrictions in place.
- Zofia Marcinek of the Abortion Dream Team dismissed the legislation as 'token gestures,' arguing the liberal government seeks election support next year while knowing the veto is inevitable.
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Protests in dozens of Polish cities call for measures to decriminalize and liberalize abortion, while the threat of the presidential veto over two laws passed by the Lower House of Parliament with modifications that relax the rigid rule in force in the country The Polish Parliament refuses to soften the abortion law due to internal disagreements in the Government Thousands of protesters have gathered this Thursday in dozens of Polish cities to d…
Women in Poland left the streets on Thursday in more than 20 cities, dissatisfied with the restrictions on access to abortion and the delay in the reforms promised by Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government. Protests took place two days after Parliament's lower chamber adopted two bills that would partially relax legislation, but which risk being vetoed by conservative President Karol Nawrocki.
Reformatorisch Dagblad
Thousands of people in various cities in Poland have taken to the streets for abortion rights. It has been six years since the government of the conservative-nationalist PiS party made abortion virtually banned in Poland. It is now permitted to undergo an abortion only in exceptional cases, such as after rape or incest.
The rallies take place a few days after the adoption by Parliament of two bills aimed at relaxing the legislation on abortion, one of the most restrictive in Europe.
Day of protests in many cities. Activists reject the timid changes to the most restrictive legislation in Europe, which, moreover, risk being blocked by the veto of Conservative President Nawrocki. The interruption of pregnancy continues to be an obstacle course, in which each one must see it for himself. The analysis of Daniele Stasi (University of Rzeszów)
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