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Polish president wants to allow abortions in some cases of serious foetal defects

30.10.2020 14:27
Hours ahead of a major protest planned against tighter abortion laws, Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Friday he has submitted a proposal to allow terminations in cases when a child with serious defects would have been born dead.
Photo: Radio Poland
Photo: Radio Poland Julian Horodyski

Thousands have taken to the streets around Poland for seven straight days to protest against a ruling by the Constitutional Tribunal which in practice signalled a near-total ban on abortion in the overwhelmingly Roman Catholic country.

The biggest demonstration so far is planned for Friday in Warsaw.

Duda’s proposal could prove a way of defusing street protests amid a record rise in coronavirus infections in Poland.

(pk)

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