Women are protesting in Poland for free access to legal abortions
Protesters say the bills are token gestures and note that hospitals performed 573 abortions in the first half of 2026, up from 452 in all of 2022.
- 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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INTELLINEWSPoland: Thousands protest for more abortion rights
Thousands rallied across Poland to demand abortion rights six years after a landmark court ruling tightened restrictions. The country has one of the strictest abortion rules in all of Europe.
Demonstrators in Poland criticise two laws supported by Donald Tusk on abortions as a symbol policy. President Nawrocki could still stop them.
The government under Donald Tusk actually wanted to ease the restrictive abortion law. It did not happen, many people in Poland are disappointed. Now there is a protest.
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.
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