The main news stories in Poland over the past week have included:

• Constitutional Tribunal ruling further restricts access to abortion removing the grounds of fetal abnormality

• Conservative lawmakers welcome the ruling as the only possible interpretation of the constitution while Lewica members stage a protest in the Sejm

• Daily street protests take place against the abortion ruling with some clashes with police and rival protesters amid attacks on churches and

• Covid-19 case numbers and deaths attributed to the virus continue to increase.