Protest against imposing further restrictions on abortion law in Poland, a country with some of the strictest abortion rules in Europe, is pictured in front of the Constitutional Court building in Warsaw, Poland. October 19, 2020. Banner reads 'I'm not just for giving birth'. Dawid Zuchowicz/Agencja Gazeta via REUTERS
WARSAW (Reuters) - In April, in the midst of a nationwide coronavirus lockdown in Poland, Katarzyna found out that the baby she was carrying had a severe genetic disorder and would probably die before birth or shortly after.
She immediately decided to terminate the pregnancy. When she finally managed to, five weeks later and after meeting some 10 doctors, securing a fallback plan in Germany and researching home methods, she knew she would not try to get pregnant again.
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