Protests took place in Poland demanding changes to abortion laws to improve access to legal and free abortions.
Poland's parliament passed two abortion reform bills amid widespread protests, with the first bill approved by 217 deputies. Abortion remains legal only in cases of rape, maternal health risk, or incest, and is allowed if a mother's life is at risk.
- Polish deputies passed two laws easing abortion rights.
- The Constitutional Tribunal decided in 2020 that women cannot have abortions even with severe fetal abnormalities.
- The first bill partially decriminalizes abortion and assistance.
- Polish hospitals performed 573 abortions in the first half of 2026.
- Protests were reported in Krakow, Poznan, Lodz, and other cities.
- Poland has one of the strictest abortion laws in Europe.
- Abortion is allowed if the mother's life or health is in danger.
- President Karol Nawrocki is expected to veto both bills.
- The new measures would allow terminations for foetal abnormalities.
- Around 1000 participants gathered in Warsaw in front of the parliament.
- The parliament passed two draft laws to ease abortion regulations.
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