A mass movement in Poland has succeeded in delaying the implementation of a court decision that woul

A mass movement in Poland has succeeded in delaying the implementation of a court decision that would ban nearly every abortion.

Abortions are already virtually impossible to access in Poland—the procedure is criminalised in all cases except when the pregnancy results from rape or incest, when the life or health of the woman is in grave danger, or when the foetus risks severe illness or death. On 22 October, the country’s new Constitutional Tribunal ruled that allowing abortions in cases where the foetus risks severe illness or death—which is the provision on which the vast majority of legal abortions in Poland depend—is unconstitutional.