Poland has some of the strictest abortion laws. This German NGO has a solution
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Group members offer up their couches, help with translating and accompany the women to hospital.
By Dylan Brethour
Across the globe, the rise of right-wing parties has stirred up the fight over abortion. In Poland, which has some of the most restrictive laws in Europe, women can only get an abortion in cases of rape or incest, when the pregnancy poses a serious threat to a woman’s health, or when there is a severe foetal abnormality.
In cases when it is allowed, doctors often refuse to perform the procedure.
In 2016, thousands took part in the so-called Black Protests across the country when the ruling Law and Justice party proposed a total ban on the procedure. The Government backed down but abortion remains illegal in most circumstances and the current parliament is making moves to restrict access even further.
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