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Abortion Rights Advocates Demand Legal Changes After Woman's Death in Poland

  • A 33-year-old woman in Poland died of sepsis after being denied an abortion in her fifth month of pregnancy.
  • Under Poland's strict abortion law, termination is only permitted in cases of rape, incest or threat to a woman's life or health.
  • Women's rights groups argue the law puts women's lives at risk as doctors prioritize fetuses over women for ideological or legal reasons.
  • Protests demanding liberalization of the abortion law are planned in cities across Poland following the woman's death.
  • Critics argue doctors who refuse to perform abortions on moral grounds also contribute to the problem.
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