Women’s rights groups have blamed the woman’s death on Poland’s near-total ban on abortion but officials say it was medical malpractice.

Women’s rights groups have blamed the woman’s death on Poland’s near-total ban on abortion but officials say it was medical malpractice.
Others argued that the death was caused by medical malpractice.
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Agnieszka had to carry a dead foetus for over a week while doctors waited to see what happened to its twin, which then also died.
Activists blame the death on Poland’s near-total abortion ban introduced last year.
“He died because he worked too hard,” she says, but prosecutors found that the evidence points to a “natural” death.
Poland spends less than half the EU average on healthcare, and has the bloc’s lowest number of doctors in proportion to population.
Only 10% support the current law, while 5% would like it to be restricted even further.
The woman died after doctors reportedly waited for her foetus to die.
Violent protests have taken place, leading to further arrests.