Human rights groups have condemned the conviction of a Polish activist for supplying a pregnant woman with abortion pills
in a landmark trial under the country’s ultra-strict abortion laws. A Warsaw court on Tuesday found activist Justyna Wydrzyńska guilty of assisting an abortion by supplying the drugs and sentenced her to 30 hours of community service a month for eight months, according to the judge. The case sets a precedent within the country that already has some of the most restrictive abortion legislation in Europe, which human rights watchers believe will further repress women’s reproductive rights.
The case marks “the first time in recent history in which a human rights defender in Europe has been prosecuted and convicted for assisting with access to abortion,” according to the Center for Reproductive Rights , a global human rights organization of lawyers and advocates. In a statement Tuesday CRR’s senior legal advise Keina Yoshida called Wydrzyńska’s conviction “deeply concerning.
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