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Poland Issues Guidelines To Ease Access To Abortion

A woman chants before Poland's parliament during a protest against the recent failure by the centrist government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk to muster sufficient support for a vote to liberal

In an effort to facilitate access to abortion for women requiring the procedure for health-related reasons, the government of Poland is set to release guidelines to doctors on Friday. These guidelines reaffirm the legality of such procedures, provided they are based on medical recommendations.

While abortions for health reasons are currently permitted under Polish law, the previous conservative government had restricted certain qualifying circumstances. This move had sparked widespread protests and increased doctors' reluctance to perform abortions due to fears of prosecution.

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