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PoliticsPoland’s parliament votes to ease abortion ban, but president likely to veto

Poland’s lower house passed two bills that would loosen its near-total abortion ban, reducing penalties for people who help women obtain abortion care and permitting terminations for foetal abnormalities. Campaigners called the changes small-scale, and the nationalist president is likely to veto them.

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TThe Guardian★★★☆☆2026-10-21 15:01Original

Poland’s parliament votes to ease abortion ban, but president likely to veto
Poland’s parliament votes to ease abortion ban, but president likely to vetoPolitics