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Polish activists launch abortion pill locker to bypass near-total ban

Sunday, 4 October 2026, 06:19 · 1 min read

Campaigners in Warsaw have opened what they call the world's first parcel locker for abortion pills, a 22-compartment "AbortOmat" that lets women collect medication anonymously with a six-digit code. Its backers, the Women Help Women foundation and the Abortion Dream Team, say the machine exploits a legal grey area: in Poland, possessing or taking abortion pills is legal, but giving them to someone or helping them obtain them can bring up to three years in prison, and a locker removes the direct hand-over. It matters because Prime Minister Donald Tusk, elected in 2023 partly on promises to liberalise one of Europe's strictest abortion regimes, has said there is no parliamentary majority for change, leaving activists to find workarounds themselves.

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The Guardian — Polish activists launch abortion pill locker to bypass near-total ban ↗︎
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