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Making Abortion Pill Collection More Like an Everyday Errand: Polish Activists Open a Locker That Stores No Users’ Personal Data

Reported by Balkan Insight

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Women Help Women has unveiled a parcel locker for abortion pills inside a Warsaw support clinic opposite Poland’s parliament. Following an online consultation, a person receives a code to collect medication from the machine, which does not store users’ personal data.

The locker shows how familiar technology can create another route to reproductive care, though its wider impact is not yet established and legal restrictions remain.

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