The death of a pregnant woman in Poland has sparked massive protests across the country, igniting a debate about the nations abortion ban. 

Protesters marched with photographs of 30-year-old Izabella, who died in hospital in Pszczyna, southern Poland, from septic shock. 

As a result of the country's restrictive abortion laws, doctors at the hospital held off terminating her 22-week pregnancy despite the fact that her fetus lacked enough amniotic fluid to survive. 

The new abortion law, which was introduced in January, give authorities the right to jail those who seek unlawful abortions for up to eight years.