Polish activist convicted for helping obtain abortion pills

By VANESSA GERA
Associated Press

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Warsaw court has convicted a women’s rights activist for helping a pregnant victim of domestic violence access abortion pills in Poland, sentencing her to eight months of community service. The case of Justyna Wydrzyńska has been closely watched by human rights activists, who believe it would set a precedent in a country with some of Europe’s most restrictive abortion legislation. Prosecutors had charged Wydrzyńska with “helping with an abortion” and “possession of medicines without authorization for the purpose of introducing them into the market”.