Article 5AAWF 'Sex is not a crime': the women protesting Poland's new abortion law

'Sex is not a crime': the women protesting Poland's new abortion law

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Magdalena Chodownik, Kuba KamiƄski, Christopher C
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As Poland attempts to pass a new abortion law that amounts to a near-total ban on terminations, including in cases where a baby is sure to die soon after birth, the country's biggest protests in four decades have erupted, with Polish women challenging church as well as state. Karolina Wickiewicz is a lawyer with the charity Abortion Without Borders, which advises Polish women on abortions and helps them to avail of safe, legal procedures overseas. We follow her on to the streets as women of all ages rise up to demand rights over their own bodies, and an end to social stigma around sex and abortion

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