
Poland's lawmakers have taken a significant step towards liberalizing the country's strict reproductive laws by voting to approve over-the-counter access to the morning-after pill for individuals aged 15 and above. This move marks a departure from the previous nationalist conservative government's stance on reproductive rights.
The decision, made in the lower house, is part of the new pro-European Union government's efforts to relax the stringent anti-abortion and anti-contraception regulations that have been in place, making Poland one of Europe's toughest countries in terms of reproductive laws.