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City blockades and further protests after the CT ruling on abortion

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Robert Biedroń: “Another border has been crossed – the police are now also attacking the elderly.”

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Protesters in Warsaw gather near the PiS headquarters.
They chant, among others “J … PiS” or “Wyp …”. Access to the vicinity of the party building was blocked by police vans on the section from ul. Raszyńska to pl. Starynkiewicz.


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Demonstrations are now over in many parts of the country. Yeah in Katowice for more than three hours it paralyzed the traffic in the city center. A large part of the participants moved to the Cathedral of Christ the King, which in the evening gathered several thousand people. The demonstrators were separated from the cathedral by policemen equipped with protective shields.


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Protests and blockades were also organized in other cities of the province. Silesian, incl. in Częstochowa, where the demonstrators went towards Jasna Góra, as well as in Rybnik, Racibórz, Bytom, Zabrze and Gliwice.

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In the Krakow protest according to preliminary estimates, about five thousand people took part. In turn, over 1,100 vehicles participated in the car protest. According to the Małopolska police, a young man was arrested, who allegedly had committed an active attack on a traffic officer and threw two flares in his direction.


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According to the police, about 4.5 thousand people took part in the march that took the main artery on Monday Gdansk.

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And another small summary: in connection with the protest in Rzeszow – as she told the subcoms. Dominika Kopeć from the press team of the Subcarpathian police – 33 people were identified. 19 of them were instructed, and motions for punishment will be submitted to the court against four participants.

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– A group of about 100 men defended the church of St. Aleksandra in front of an aggressive crowd who threw firecrackers, glass, apples, paint cans at them – told PAP MP Anna Maria Siarkowska (PiS), when asked about the incidents at pl. Three Crosses.

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The protesters reached Nowogrodzka Street

The crowd at ul. Nowogrodzka. And there is a meeting of the PiS leadership. —

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The protesters were accompanied and are still still present today by, among others black umbrellas and candles. –

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In the vicinity of Jasna Góra, the police used gas against protesting opponents of tightening abortion rules. There were detentions – informs “Dziennik Zachodni”. Currently, the police do not provide information about the course of the incidents.

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Chojnice. The protest began in front of the parliamentary office of PiS MP Aleksander Mrówczyński. –

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In Cracow Even police officers marched with the protesters. You can see them, among others on the recording shared by the Women’s Strike on Instagram.

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On the weekend, Radio Tok FM announced that due to the ruling of the Constitutional Tribunal, the management Bielański Hospital in Warsaw she recommended the head of the gynecology and obstetrics department to suspend planned abortions due to severe fetal defects.

“I would like to inform you and all patients that the Bielański Hospital has always helped and continues to help women in need. On Thursdays, patients are usually qualified for the procedure at the Bielański Hospital. The CT ruling did not block our activities” – the hospital said today in a statement.


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Previously, a spokeswoman for the capital city hall Karolina Gałecka emphasized that dBy the time of the publication of the judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal, city hospitals, including the aforementioned Bielański Hospital, will help patients.

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In Poznan the protesters reached Mr.from the headquarters of TVP and to the parliamentary office of the PiS MP Bartłomiej Wróblewski, one of the authors of the motion examined last Thursday by the Constitutional Tribunal. Insults were made in both places. There were skirmishes with a group of about 100 men near the cathedral. Both groups were separated by policemen.

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Warsaw: Protests are slowly coming to an end

Before 23 protesters against the Constitutional Tribunal’s decision on abortion began to leave the PiS headquarters. Some of them go in larger groups towards the city center, near the de Gaulle roundabout.

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Still after A group of 22 protesters in the area of ​​the Central Railway Station blocked the passage along Aleje Jerozolimskie by sitting on the road. Street was also blocked. Marszałkowska from Plac Bankowy towards the Dmowski roundabout.

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Plans for the next days

A nationwide strike is planned for Wednesday (October 28), and a “march to Warsaw” for Friday (October 30).

– We do not go to work, we do not go to school, we do not go to universities – said Marta Lempart, the leader of the Polish National Women’s Strike on TVN24. More HERE. —

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Today we are finishing our report on the protests after the CT ruling on the abortion. Thank you for your attention.

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