Thousands protest across Poland for access to free and legal abortions

October 21, 2026 · 3:01 pm 2 sources

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• Poland’s parliament votes to ease abortion ban but faces likely veto from president
  The Guardian · October 21, 2026 15:01
  Measures would remove some penalties for those helping women access abortion but are ‘small-scale step’, say campaigners Poland’s lower house of parliament has approved two bills aimed at loosening a near-total ban on abortions, in what campaigners have described as a “small-scale step” ahead of…

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• Thousands protest across Poland for access to free and legal abortions
  Al Jazeera · October 23, 2026 00:54
  Demonstrators gathered on the sixth anniversary of a near-total abortion ban imposed by Poland's highest court.