Dariusz Matecki, a conservative lawmaker in the Polish parliament, displays a poster showing a fetus and the words "10th week after conception," during a debate on liberalizing the abortion law , in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday April 11, 2024. He also played the sound of a child's heartbeat through a microphone next to his chair. The traditionally Catholic nation has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe — but the reality is that many women terminate pregnancies at home with pills mailed from abroad. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
An anti-abortion rights activists holds up small figures of fetuses at a protest held outside of the Polish parliament while lawmakers debated legalizing the country's strict abortion law, in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday April 11, 2024. The traditionally Catholic nation has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe — but the reality is that many women terminate pregnancies at home with pills mailed from abroad. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Abortion rights activists react during a debate in the Polish parliament from the gallery of the assembly, in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday April 11, 2024. The traditionally Catholic nation has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe — but the reality is that many women terminate pregnancies at home with pills mailed from abroad. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
An activist wearing a T-shirt that says "Legal Abortion Now!" is guided to her place by a guard as she attends a debate in parliament on liberalizing the Polish abortion law in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday April 11, 2024. The traditionally Catholic nation has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe. The reality is that many women terminate pregnancies at home with pills mailed from abroad. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Anti-abortion activists hold a demonstration with a sign that says "We defend children" as the Polish parliament debates liberalizing the abortion law, in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday April 11, 2024. The traditionally Catholic nation has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe — but the reality is that many women terminate pregnancies at home with pills mailed from abroad. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Anna Maria Żukowska, a left-wing lawmaker, presents to parliament a proposal for liberalizing the Polish abortion law in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday April 11, 2024. The traditionally Catholic nation has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe — but the reality is that many women terminate pregnancies at home with pills mailed from abroad. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Katarzyna Kotula, the Minister for Equality, speaks as the Polish parliament debates liberalizing the abortion law, in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday April 11, 2024. The traditionally Catholic nation has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe — but the reality is that many women terminate pregnancies at home with pills mailed from abroad. Kotula, from the Left party, recalled that abortion was legal in Poland during the communist era and "German, French and British women then fought for the right to self-determination and came to us, to Poland, to terminate such unwanted pregnancies". (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
FILE - People protest Poland's restrictive abortion law in Warsaw, Poland, on June 14, 2023. A long-awaited parliamentary debate on liberalizing Poland's strict abortion law is scheduled to begin Thursday, March 11, 2024. The traditionally Catholic nation has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe — but the reality is that many women terminate pregnancies at home with pills sent from abroad. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)
Anna Maria Żukowska, a left-wing lawmaker, presents to parliament a proposal for liberalizing the Polish abortion law in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday April 11, 2024. The traditionally Catholic nation has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe — but the reality is that many women terminate pregnancies at home with pills mailed from abroad. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
FILE - Marta Lempart, the head of Women's Strike, attends a protest against the verdict restricting abortion rights in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. A long-awaited parliamentary debate on liberalizing Poland’s strict abortion law is scheduled to finally begin. The traditionally Catholic nation has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)