The proposal had aroused a deep anger, shared by many Polish women, over the church’s increasing influence on their lives. New York magazine invited Polish women to advise their American counterparts how best to defend their reproductive rights. Any attempts to liberalise Poland’s abortion law, however, must contend with the entrenched power of the country’s Catholic church. Between a quarter and a third of Polish women have had an abortion, but nobody talks about it. The push to further restrict the current abortion law, the threats against those providing information, and the ongoing seizure of pills illustrate the limitations of eluding legal restrictions on abortion.

Source: The Guardian November 30, 2017 06:00 UTC