1/. Tonight, in cities across #Poland, tens of thousands of women were back on the streets
Tomorrow, a draconian ruling that imposes a near total-ban on abortion is expected to come into effect
#NigdyNieBedzieszSzłaSama
#Strajkobiet #wypierdalać
Tomorrow, a draconian ruling that imposes a near total-ban on abortion is expected to come into effect
#NigdyNieBedzieszSzłaSama
#Strajkobiet #wypierdalać
2/. Abortion was only legally available to women in #Poland in cases of rape & incest, foetal abnormality, or if there was a threat to the mother’s life
The new removes the exception for cases of foetal abnormality
This was Warsaw tonight👇
#StrajkKobiet
The new removes the exception for cases of foetal abnormality
This was Warsaw tonight👇
#StrajkKobiet
3/. #BREAKING: The ruling has now been published & the law is now in force
AMNESTY REACTION:
"This the latest in a coordinated & systematic wave of attacks on women’s rights in #Poland & we stand in solidarity with women & girls in Poland"
#StrajkKobiet amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
AMNESTY REACTION:
"This the latest in a coordinated & systematic wave of attacks on women’s rights in #Poland & we stand in solidarity with women & girls in Poland"
#StrajkKobiet amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
4/. More than 50 countries have improved access to abortion in the past 25 years
It was decriminalised in South Korea in 2021
In Argentina it was 2020
In Ireland it was 2019
Poland is swimming against the tide!
#NigdyNieBędzieszSzłaSama
#StrajkKobiet
It was decriminalised in South Korea in 2021
In Argentina it was 2020
In Ireland it was 2019
Poland is swimming against the tide!
#NigdyNieBędzieszSzłaSama
#StrajkKobiet
5/. Women are on the streets of #Poland tonight
In Warsaw, demonstrators headed to the Constitutional Court or - as @strajkkobiet commented - “what used to be a Constitutional Court"
Some climbed over the fence
Footage via @WawaZakrzewski
#StrajkKobiet
In Warsaw, demonstrators headed to the Constitutional Court or - as @strajkkobiet commented - “what used to be a Constitutional Court"
Some climbed over the fence
Footage via @WawaZakrzewski
#StrajkKobiet
6/. Journalist, @MarcinTerlik, is with demonstrators in front of the Constitutional Court & took this footage.
He tweets: “Demonstrators demand that the detainees be released. The atmosphere today is more tense than yesterday.”
#StrajkKobiet #wypierdalać
He tweets: “Demonstrators demand that the detainees be released. The atmosphere today is more tense than yesterday.”
#StrajkKobiet #wypierdalać
7/. Here @MarcinTerlik posts footage from outside #Poland’s Constitutional Court & says:
“Scuffles with the police during #strajkkobiet protests. Some of the demonstrators broke the cordon”
It appears that demonstrators may have been ‘kettled’ by police
“Scuffles with the police during #strajkkobiet protests. Some of the demonstrators broke the cordon”
It appears that demonstrators may have been ‘kettled’ by police
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