Polish government widely condemned over morning-after pill law

Legislation requiring doctor's appointment is latest attack on women's rights in Poland and violates shared EU values, says MEP

The Polish government has been accused of launching a "sexual counter-revolution" that is an affront to European values after passing legislation reducing women's access to the morning-after pill.

A law signed off by the Polish president, Andrzej Duda, in defiance of human rights groups and European medicines agency guidelines turns emergency contraception into a prescription drug.