Spilling Red Paint, Poles Protest Near-total Abortion Ban
01/28/21 AT 5:50 PM
Armed with red paint and defying coronavirus restrictions, hundreds of Poles rallied in Warsaw Thursday against a controversial court verdict imposing a near-total ban on abortion.
Protesters also took to the streets elsewhere in the EU member in what was the second night of outrage after the Constitutional Court ruling came into effect on Wednesday.
The move means that all abortions in Poland are now banned except in cases of rape and incest, or when the mother's life or health are considered to be at risk.
A demonstrator in Warsaw on Thursday Photo: AFP / Wojtek Radwanski