An abortion rights activist is going on trial for the first time in Europe — charged with helping a woman to have an abortion. Justyna Wydrzyńska with the Polish activist group the Abortion Dream Team faces trial in Warsaw on April 8. The Polish government passed a law in January 2021 making abortion illegal in all but the most exceptional of circumstances. The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports.
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