Campaigners against Poland’s abortion laws plan largest protest yet

Women’s rights activists hold placards during a protest in Warsaw, Poland (Czarek Sokolowski/AP)

Women’s rights organisers are preparing for what they say will be the largest protest so far in over a week of mass nationwide street demonstrations in Poland triggered by a court ruling banning abortions of congenitally damaged foetuses.

The march is planned for Friday evening in Warsaw, the capital, in defiance of government appeals that people stay home due to skyrocketing coronavirus infections.