Polish court convicts activist for helping woman get abortion pills

Justyna Wydrzynska sentenced to community service after telling court she sent pills to victim of domestic violence

A court in Poland has convicted an activist for helping a pregnant woman access abortion pills, sentencing her to eight months of community service in a landmark case over abortion rights in the predominantly Catholic country.

I do not feel that I am facing the court alone," said Justyna Wydrzynska at the hearing on Tuesday. Behind me are my friends and hundreds of women I have not had the luck to meet yet."