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Magdalena PACIOREK

'So Unjust': Polish Lawyers Offer Legal Aid Amid Abortion Help Ban

Poland still has one of Europe's most restrictive rules on terminating pregnancies, which even outlaw abortion assistance and punish it by up to three years in jail (Credit: AFP)

As Polish lawmakers debated easing stringent abortion laws, Warsaw-based lawyer Jerzy Podgorski was in court defending a man from the remote town of Pinczow charged with aiding his partner's abortion.

Despite recent efforts to loosen the policy, Poland still has one of Europe's most restrictive rules on terminating pregnancies, which even outlaw abortion assistance and punish it by up to three years in jail.

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