Poland eases abortion access with new guidelines for doctors under a restrictive law

 “Seeking to ease access to abortion for women needing to end a pregnancy for health reasons, Poland’s government is issuing guidelines to doctors Friday that reaffirm the legality of such procedures, based on medical recommendations.

Under the current law, abortions for health reasons are permitted but the previous conservative government limited some other qualifying circumstances, leading to mass street protests and heightening the reluctance of doctors to expose themselves to a possible prosecution….”