Several thousand people marched through cities across Poland on Friday in the third day of protests against a near-total ban on abortion since it was put into effect by the conservative government earlier this week.

Thousands protest in Poland as abortion law comes into effect

Thousands of people took to the streets of Poland to protest against a near-total ban on abortion, which came into force on Thursday.

Thousands protest as abortion law comes into effect in Poland

Massive protests broke out in Polish cities shortly after the country's top court confirmed its highly divisive ruling that will further tighten the predominantly Catholic nation’s strict anti-abortion law.

Poland abortion law: Protesters take to streets again as near-total ban comes into force

Poland is a largely conservative country compared to much of Europe, a place where churches fill up on Sundays and Roman Catholicism is deeply interwoven with the national identity.

Why an abortion law ruling trigged mass protests in Poland

Thousands of activists disrupted church services across Poland on Sunday (October 25), chanting during mass and hanging abortion posters on church bulletin boards in protest against a court ruling that amounts to a near-total ban on abortion.

Polish protesters target church masses over near-total abortion ban

Poland's Constitutional Tribunal ruled on Thursday that abortion due to foetal defects was unconstitutional, banning the most common of the few legal grounds for pregnancy termination in the predominantly Catholic country.

Poland abortion: Apex court bans almost all terminations

Poland's constitutional tribunal has ruled that abortion due to foetal defects will now be unconstitutional. Banning the most common of the few legal grounds for pregnancy termination in the pre-dominantly catholic country.

Abortion due to foetal defects termed unconstitutional in Poland

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