New ‘abortion clinic’ opens opposite Polish parliament

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A new abortion clinic has opened in the center of Warsaw despite Poland’s strict abortion ban. Abortion rights activists who opened the clinic said they felt they had no other option. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk vowed to liberalize the country’s abortion laws when he took office in December 2023. But, so far, little has changed. The World’s Europe Correspondent Orla Barry reports.

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