They helped wrest power from Poland’s nationalists, and now women want to take back control of their reproductive rights. Unravelling eight years of conservative rule, though, isn’t going to be easy.

Activists and senior figures in the likely next government are calling to prioritize changes to what’s one of Europe’s most restrictive abortion laws. The three parties that prevailed in last month’s election are hammering out a coalition agreement expected to be signed on Friday, with Poland’s return to the European Union’s mainstream at its heart.