Crowds pour into central Warsaw for protest over abortion restrictions

Young people take part in a protest against the conservative government, on the eighth straight day of angry demonstrations that were triggered by a recent tightening of the abortion law, in the Old Town, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Throngs of people are pouring into central Warsaw to join what women’s rights activists vowed will be the largest street demonstration in more than a week of mass nationwide protests against a court ruling that further restricts abortion rights in Poland.

The demonstration in the capital violates pandemic restrictions which limit public gatherings to five people, with participants disregarding government appeals for people to stay home due to rocketing coronavirus infections.