Coverage dated October 22, 2026

Women are protesting in Poland for free access to legal abortions

Headline from Courthouse News Service

Since 1993, legal abortions have been allowed in Catholic Poland only in cases of severe fetal abnormality, risk to the mother’s life and health, or the pregnancy being a result of rape or incest.

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7 articles, oldest first.

  1. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Women are protesting around Poland for free access to legal abortions (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    Women are protesting around Poland for access to free and legal abortion services

  2. Courthouse News Service

    Women are protesting in Poland for free access to legal abortions (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    Since 1993, legal abortions have been allowed in Catholic Poland only in cases of severe fetal abnormality, risk to the mother’s life and health, or the pregnancy being a result of rape or incest.

  3. Deutsche Welle

    Poland: Thousands protest for more abortion rights (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    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.

  4. Al Jazeera

    Thousands protest across Poland for access to free and legal abortions (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Demonstrators gathered on the sixth anniversary of a near-total abortion ban imposed by Poland's highest court.

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