This secretive network helps Ukrainian refugees find abortions in Europe
Ukraine has very liberal abortion laws. In Poland, it is almost entirely illegal. Millions of Ukrainians discovered this when they fled the war in their home country and crossed the Polish border.
by Ari Shapiro
Jun 01, 2022
3 minutes
Zuzanna Dziuban has had a lot of difficult conversations with Ukrainian refugees lately. But there is one with a pregnant woman that sticks in her memory.
"She's in Poland for four weeks, and just learned about the death of her husband," says Dziuban, a pro-choice abortion activist based in Berlin.
He was killed in the war she had just escaped. Traumatized by it all, the woman couldn't carry the baby to term.
"I shed some tears, but also supported her in ordering pills and told her where to do it," Dziuban says. "I cried
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