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Priyanka Shankar

Women call for tougher EU stance on Poland’s abortion laws

Barbara Skrobol (L) and lawyer Kamila Ferenc (R) during a joint hearing at the European Parliament headquarters in Brussels [Valeria Mongelli/Al Jazeera]

Brussels, Belgium – Fighting for justice and women’s rights in Poland has become an integral part of Barbara Skrobol’s life since September 22, 2021.

This was the day her sister-in-law, Izabela Sajbor, died of sepsis at a hospital in southern Poland after doctors refused to terminate her pregnancy after finding foetal defects, due to Poland’s stringent abortion rules.

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