Protestors took over the streets of Warsaw, Gdansk and other Polish cities for the third night on Friday, days after Poland’s near-total abortion ban came into effect.
People took to the streets in protest of the abortion ban regulated by the government. They were heard raising pro-slogans like, “Hey, hey, hey, abortion is ok,” and “Liberty, Equality, abortion on demand.” and multiple anti-government chants were also raised.
Taking inspiration from the Argentina protests where recently abortion was legalised through to the 14th week of pregnancy, some protestors were also witnessed adorning green bandanas.
However, Warsaw witnessed the maximum outrage whereby authorities were found blocking the paths of the protestors and in most cases redirecting them. As per reports tear gas was also fired at them to curb their voices.
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In its current form, the law only allows abortion in cases of rape, incest and when the mother’s life is in danger.
The government also supported the court’s verdict by saying that the verdict helped to bring down termination of fetuses with Down’s Syndrome.
Poland being a catholic country already had some stricter abortion laws in place before the court’s ruling. As per findings, fewer than 2,000 legal abortions are performed in Poland each year, a majority of which are performed on the grounds of fetal malformations. Women’s groups estimate that as many as 200,000 more Polish women seek abortions each year, either abroad or illegally at home.
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