A network of abortion rights groups, Abortion Without Borders, said that it dealt with an “overwhelming number of enquiries from people seeking abortion support” in Poland or abroad.
A Polish court has ordered a retrial in the case of an activist found guilty of aiding a woman to terminate her pregnancy in a symbolic moment for Poland’s abortion rights movement.
Justyna was sentenced to community service in 2023 in the first such case for an activist in the EU country, which has a near-total abortion ban and outlaws abortion assistance.
Appeals court overturns judgment against Justyna Wydrzyńska in symbolic moment for abortion rights movement.
Supporters of Wydrzyńska – including from her Abortion Dream Team nonprofit organisation, which helps women carry out abortions – gathered in the court.
