FILE: Under police guard, a crowd protests a decision on abortion by the Constitutional Court, in Warsaw, Poland, on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020.

Video. A year on, Poland's abortion ruling is causing 'harm' to women

As the rule of law crisis between Warsaw and Brussels escalates, activists say the abortion ban imposed by a politicised court just a year ago offers a painful example of how the collapse of judicial independence affects peoples' lives.