Polish state has ‘blood on its hands’ after death of woman refused an abortion

Family says young mother's health deteriorated rapidly after the twins she was carrying died a week apart in the womb

The family of a Polish woman who died on Tuesday after doctors refused to perform an abortion when the foetus's heart stopped beating have accused the government of having blood on their hands".

The woman, identified only as Agnieszka T, was said to have been in the first trimester of a twin pregnancy when she was admitted to the Blessed Virgin Mary hospital in Czstochowa on 21 December. Her death comes a year after Poland introduced one of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe.