A protester in Warsaw bears the words: ‘I will not be a living coffin’, on 30 Oct. 2020.>Photo:
A protester in Warsaw bears the words: ‘I will not be a living coffin’, on 30 Oct. 2020.> Photo: Robert Pastryk.The protests were sparked by a court ruling on October 22 which deemed that abortion in Poland would only be legal in two scenarios: if the pregnancy threatened the mother’s life and health, or if a woman became pregnant following rape or incest.The protest in Warsaw was the culmination of nine days of nationwide protests, which included the cities of Gdańsk, Białystok, Poznan, Kraków, Wroclaw, Torun, Sczescin, Myślenice, Gorlice, and Jasło.Following the protests, government leaders began backing away from the proposed ban [x] -- source link
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