WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of Poles, many dressed in black, have rallied in front of parliament in Warsaw to protest a proposed bill that would impose a complete ban on abortion.

Speakers at the protest said a total ban on abortion, including for victims of rape or women whose lives are endangered by a pregnancy, would be "barbaric." Poland already has one of Europe's most restrictive abortion laws.

Organizers said they want as few abortions as possible in Poland, but that this goal should be achieved with better sex education in schools and easier access to birth control.

Organizer Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bak, a member of the left-wing Together party, told the crowd: "We will not allow our hospitals to be turned into torture chambers and our doctors into prison guards."