Protesters Throng Poland’s Streets to Oppose Ruling on Abortion
- Verdict effectively banning abortion enters into force
- Nationalist government vows to return Poland to Catholic roots
This article is for subscribers only.
Thousands of Poles braved freezing snow and defied a nationwide virus lockdown for a second night running to protest a court decision that effectively bans abortion.
Resuming some of the biggest anti-government rallies since the 1989 collapse of communism, supporters of abortion rights thronged streets from the capital, Warsaw, to about 50 other towns and cities nationwide on Thursday.