Polish court orders retrial of woman found guilty of helping terminate pregnancy

Appeals court overturns judgment against Justyna Wydrzyńska in symbolic moment for abortion rights movementA Polish court has ordered a retrial in the case of an activist found guilty of aiding a woman to terminate her pregnancy in a symbolic moment for Poland’s abortion rights movement.Justyna was sentenced to community service in 2023 in the first such case for an activist in the EU country, which has a near-total abortion ban and outlaws abortion assistance. Continue reading...

Polish court orders retrial of woman found guilty of helping terminate pregnancy

Appeals court overturns judgment against Justyna Wydrzyńska in symbolic moment for abortion rights movement

A Polish court has ordered a retrial in the case of an activist found guilty of aiding a woman to terminate her pregnancy in a symbolic moment for Poland’s abortion rights movement.

Justyna was sentenced to community service in 2023 in the first such case for an activist in the EU country, which has a near-total abortion ban and outlaws abortion assistance. Continue reading...