Demonstration to be held outside Edinburgh parliament building following Poland's new abortion ban
The demonstration is due to take place outside the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh on Thursday at 5pm.
An event organised on Facebook by polish group Młodzi Razem Zagranica and Edinburgh Queer Collective has had more than 1,000 say that they will be attending the protest.
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Hide AdA post on the page reads: “There is no place for a barbaric law and for fanatic's cruel attack on our bodies, health, and life.
"Edinburgh and all of Scotland takes a strong stand against fundamentalism and politically motivated aggression towards people with uteri.
"Poles need our support in their fight for basic human rights.
“Join us on Thursday in front of the Scottish parliament to demand the Scottish parliament to support Polish women. We will also be introducing a motion declaring Scottish opposition to the inhumane treatment of women in Poland.”
The planned protest comes after a court ruling on Thursday, October 22 which banned almost all abortions - with exceptions only for cases of rape, incest, or where the mother's health is at risk.
Abortions carried out when the foetus is malformed, which accounted for 98 per cent of legal terminations last year, are now illegal.
Poland already had some of the most strict abortion laws in Europe.
The recent change in legislation has triggered outcry across the country and abroad.
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Hide AdProtesters are demanding that the court reverse itself and a growing number are also calling for liberalisation of the abortion law.
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