Warsaw, October 2020 - March 2021.
Tens of thousands of women protested against Poland's new abortion laws across the country from October 2020 until March 2021. A court ruling on 22 October 2020 banned almost all abortions - with exceptions only for cases of rape, incest or when the mother's health is at risk. Abortions carried out when the fetus is malformed, which accounted for 98% of legal terminations in previous years, have now been outlawed..