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

https://mins.news/en/item/109723

- The Guardian, 2026-10-21 15:01 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/21/poland-parliament-votes-ease-abortion-ban-likely-veto-president

> 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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