FILE PHOTO: People gather to protest against plans to further restrict abortion laws in Warsaw, Poland January 17, 2018. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
WARSAW (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch, one of the world's largest human rights groupings, on Tuesday accused the Polish government of taking advantage of the coronavirus lockdown to debate new limits on abortion and sexual education.
The ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party had abandoned its previous attempts to tighten abortion rules following massive public protests.
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