Name: Mass protests in Poland against law banning almost all abortions - BBC News
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Poland is seeing its biggest protests in decades with widespread furia to decision toe almost totally ban abortions.

The country already has some of the strictest abortion laws in Europe, but the ban would prevent even women whose fetuses have severe malformations from being able to terminate their pregnancies.

The protests have delayed the law's implementation, but hospitals across Poland have already stopped the procedure.

Europe correspondent Jean McKenzie sent this report weeks of rage pouring through the streets of Warsaw women fighting to protect what little right to abortion they have against a government that's trying to take it away.

They left today, but authorities have had enough.

Now police are brought in from across the country to break this up.

There are just such a surprising number of police this evening, and it just feels so disproportionate.

Yeah, it was difficult because we've been blocked in several times and split in different groups, but by the way, a everybody here Theo Protests erupted after Poland's top court announced a ban on abortions where the fetus is severely malformed, virtually the only terminations allowed here.

The government hasn't enforced the ruling yet, leaving women in limbo.

But Dr Paczynski is one of the few doctors still performing terminations.

Many hospitals have already stopped for fear of breaking the law.

I mean, I feel the plea inside that I am doing the right thing.

She introduces us to her patient, who was admitted in the morning 21 weeks pregnant.

Her fetus is missing vital organs and won't survive.

But she's been refused determination three times.

Poland is strongly Catholic on the conservative government often betrays abortion as an attack on the country's faith.

But even so, this new ban has very little support.

This is This is a good fight because we wanted Thio.

I am sorry if that if anyone is offended by it.

But actually we will not be apologizing for it.

Back at the march, the mood suddenly changes.

Why the authorities reacting so strongly to your protests?

This is a bigger battle over which direction the country takes.

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