Activists opened pop-up abortion clinic outside Polish parliament. Opponents threw acid at it

by Petra Dvořáková, Prague
June 20, 2025

Donald Tusk's Polish government has not yet pushed through abortion law reform. In the meantime, opposite the parliament building, feminists have opened an abortion 'clinic', where they face harassment and bullying by anti-abortion activists several times a week — with no protection from the Polish authorities.

“What can I tell you?” shrugs Nikola, a bearded Netflix employee from Bulgaria, when I ask him how he perceives the current political situation. “The whole of Europe is heading towards fascism!” “I’m constantly angry,” adds his Polish partner Anna, who is looking at sweatshirts on a rack next to the window.

Continued: https://euobserver.com/health-and-society/ar6eb25e24

Poland – How much will the abortion issue damage the Tusk government?

Aug 16, 2024
By Aleks Szczerbiak, Notes from Poland

The Polish governing coalition’s defeat in last month’s vote to decriminalise aiding abortions was a wasted opportunity to demonstrate its effectiveness on a highly contentious but symbolically important issue.

It contributed to a growing sense that the coalition came together solely to defeat its right-wing predecessor and contains a wide, often incompatible, range of views, especially on moral-cultural issues.

Continued: https://notesfrompoland.com/2024/08/16/how-much-will-the-abortion-issue-damage-the-tusk-government/

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