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A protest against an anti-abortion law in Poland in 2016 (Photo: Iga Lubczanska)

Council of Europe warns on backlash to abortion access

A backlash against access to abortion in some EU member states in the past few years is "deeply troubling", the Council of Europe warned on Tuesday (5 December).

In the majority of EU countries abortions are legal, but in some states a wave of "retrogressive restrictions" are threatening women's health and well-being, the European human rights organisation's report said.

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