Poland has been at the bottom of the ranking since 2019.
Poland has been at the bottom of the ranking since 2019.
Justyna Wydrzyńska will now face trial again.
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The pharmacist feared the pills could be “used for non-medical purposes”.
She sent self-administered abortion pills to a pregnant woman, whose husband discovered them and reported the case to police.
A group of 32 demonstrators were put on trial for protesting Poland’s near-total abortion ban in Poznań Cathedral.
Over half of MPs from the ruling coalition either voted for the bill to proceed or abstained from voting.
Prosecutors were investigating the alleged aiding of abortion with the use of a pharmacological agent.
Poland 2050 and PSL say the abortion law should be decided by the people, not “politicians or bishops”.
The health minister called the case a “colossal manipulation calculated to evoke emotions” but the victim’s aunt accuses him of “lying”.
A health ministry spokesman has confirmed that local hospitals failed to comply with the rules
Those found guilty of “advocating” or “inciting” abortion would face prison sentences.
Polling shows that support for access to abortion has increased since the introduction of a near-total ban on abortion.
Opposition politicians accused 73-year-old Kaczyński – who has never been married or had children – of being out of touch.
They could face up to eight years in prison for “causing an epidemiological threat” by bringing people onto the streets during the pandemic.