Sunday marked the fourth day of protests after Poland’s top court ruled on Thursday that abortion due to fetal defects is unconstitutional — meaning that the only circumstances in which termination is legal are in cases of rape, incest or when the mother’s life in danger.
The ruling sparked furious demonstrations that spilled into the weekend in cities including Warsaw, Lodz, Poznan, Gdansk, Wroclaw and Krakow — in defiance of a ban on gatherings of more than five people due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Protesters stormed Poznan Cathedral, in western Poland, at midday on Sunday, shouting…
