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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Magdalena PACIOREK

Bills To Liberalise Polish Abortion Law Pass First Hurdle

The hotly-anticipated vote was a test for the governing alliance of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (L), as some coalition lawmakers were reluctant to back the legislation (Credit: AFP)

Four bills submitted by Poland's ruling coalition to ease the near-total abortion ban on Friday passed a first hurdle in parliament amid a heated debate on relaxing one of Europe's strictest reproductive laws.

The alliance of pro-EU parties came to power in the devoutly Catholic country on a pledge to legalise abortion following eight years of conservative rule under the right-wing PiS party.

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