Mass protests in Poland against tightening of abortion law

Thousands join demonstrations against government’s new effort to restrict access to procedures

Thousands of people have joined protests in Warsaw and other Polish cities against the latest attempt by the conservative government to restrict access to abortion.

In Warsaw on Friday, people held banners that read “Free choice” and “A woman is a human being”, and chanted slogans demanding reproductive freedom.

Related: How Poland’s far-right government is pushing abortion underground

Continue reading... March 23, 2018 at 10:54PM