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Poland Limits Access to Morning-After Pill

Poland has passed a new law that restricts access to emergency contraception and will have a "catastrophic impact on rape survivors," a leading human rights groups warns. President Andrzej Duda on June 23 approved the...

by Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
(Image: Irina Ivanova)

Poland has passed a new law that restricts access to emergency contraception and will have a "catastrophic impact on rape survivors," a leading human rights groups warns. President Andrzej Duda on June 23 approved the legislation, which ends prescription-free access to the morning-after pill. The bill quickly progressed through Parliament, first passing the lower house in late May, and will come into effect next month. Amnesty International Poland has criticized the law as another attack on women's rights and expressed concern that it will hit teenagers and women in rural areas the hardest.

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