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Poland: Near-total abortion ban takes effect amid protests

by Vanessa Gera
| January 31, 2021 12:12 AM

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A near-total ban on abortion has taken effect in Poland and triggered a new round of nationwide protests three months after the constitutional court ruled that the abortion of congenitally damaged fetuses is unconstitutional.

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