Poles go up against the law against abortion
On January 29, 2021 at 11:30 a.m.
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The Polish government has adopted a law to ban abortion in cases where the embryo is abnormal. As a result, the lengthy protests were raised to the next level.
After the Polish government enforced the law. “Do not have an abortion in the event that the embryo has a congenital abnormality” on the night of 27 January local time. As a result, people, including women’s rights activists, have to declare war and insist on escalating the protests even further. The protests have spanned weeks since the law was not yet enforced.
On the night of Jan. 28, local time Many people gathered in Warsaw. Polish capital city Including about 50 other cities across the country The protesters saw the enforcement of the law as an attempt to deprive human rights and a “step back”.
It is also viewed that the law does not prevent abortion. Rather, it is forcing women to give birth to children with disabilities or Down syndrome.
Less than 2,000 women do legal abortions each year, according to the report, and an estimated 200,000 more women choose to have illegal abortions or overseas abortion trips.
The march became tense late at night. The police asked the protesters to show their ID cards before leaving the area. And several arrests have been reported.
The bill was first considered in October. This has resulted in unprecedented mass protests in Poland since the communist collapse in 1989, and the government had to delay the implementation of the ruling for months after protests. But the law was abruptly enforced last Wednesday.
By the decision of the Rathathammanun Court stating “Human life is precious at every stage of evolution. And as such a value is the origin of the law and should be protected by law. “
However, abortion is permitted only in the event of rape. And if pregnant women have health problems which may be life-threatening
Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP
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