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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Ashifa Kassam European community affairs correspondent

‘There’s no other solution’: Polish abortion centre opens in challenge to strict laws

A woman on a stepladder is painting a colourful mural on a wall
A mural artist at work helping to prepare the centre for its opening. Photograph: Kasia Stręk/The Guardian

They poured on to streets across Poland in their hundreds of thousands, carrying placards reading “The revolution has a uterus” and “My body, my choice”. In late 2023 they helped vote in a prime minister who promised a swift overhaul of the country’s draconian abortion laws.

Now, after more than a year of stalled promises, Polish abortion campaigners are taking matters into their own hands, setting up a pregnancy termination centre on one of the country’s corridors of power.

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