Poland’s ruling coalition divides over women’s rights
Donald Tusk has failed to keep his promises on abortion laws

A FLAT IN Warsaw will soon become Poland’s first abortion clinic. The interior, designed like a teenage girl’s bedroom, reflects the reality of abortions in a country where they are in effect illegal: most of them happen at home, the woman unassisted and alone. Abortion Dream Team, the charity behind the project, says that every day around 130 girls and women contact it for help in ending their pregnancies. The clinic, which will operate in a legal grey zone, will give them space to do so—with a comfy sofa and films to distract them while they take abortion pills.
Explore more
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Failure to deliver”

From the September 14th 2024 edition
Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents
Explore the edition
The threat to free speech in Germany
One of the freest countries in the world takes a hammer to its own reputation

Europe’s streets are alive with the sound of protests
An arc of discontent runs through Serbia and Turkey

Young men in Spain love the hardline Vox
They find the rough populism of the hard right appealing
Power is being monopolised in Ukraine
Critics say the presidency is becoming too mighty, and making mistakes
Trump’s Ukraine ceasefire is slipping away
The American president increasingly looks like Russia’s willing dupe
Russia continues to rain down death on Ukrainian cities
Soldiers can hold the line, but drones and missiles are killing civilians