The government is circumventing a presidential veto on prescription-free access to emergency contraception.
The government is circumventing a presidential veto on prescription-free access to emergency contraception.
However, to become law the bill must be signed by President Andrzej Duda.
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The pharmacist argued that dispensing emergency contraception would violate her conscience.


Emergency contraception “could pose a threat to the unborn child”, say the pharmacist’s legal representatives.