Seven months after severe restrictions against abortion came into effect, women are struggling with the emotional toll of the near-total ban.
by Ylenia Gostoli
22 Aug 2021
When Dominika Biernat took to the streets last October, joining the huge public protests against Poland’s near-total ban on abortion, little did she know that in a few months she would become one of its victims.
A single woman and a successful actress with
one of Warsaw’s most renowned theatre companies, her pregnancy was not planned.
But the father was a good friend and when she found out, the 39-year-old
thought it could be one of her last chances to become a mother.
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