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I Document How People Protest The New Law That Bans Abortion In Poland (40 Pics)
On Wednesday, thousands of women went out to march against a new law that bans abortion. The protests have been going on for 7 days, with no apparent end in sight.
Like many other Polish cities, Krakow's streets are full of angry people who want to make a change to this injustice. Here is my photoreportage covering it. The protesters have chosen the symbol of red lightning, used red and white-colored makeup and signs of red hoods, which represent the series Handmaid's Tale, in which the authoritarian state violates the rights of women.
Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the ruling Law and Justice party leader, has called on his supporters to "defend Poland" against protesters that want to "destroy the nation." Things have been escalating rapidly, and riot police were deployed a day ago. Many critics call the use of such martial methods undemocratic and unfair to its citizens, to say the least.
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"#Striking women
Hope your d**k steps on a LEGO"
"#Women's hell"
"Rights for people with uterus"
-I should be Paying attention to the protest, but I was looking at that Headless Pigeon @v@-
Those 8 stars are a symbol for "f**k PiS" ( jebać PiS) PiS is a ruling party
"wypie***j/wypie***ć" means "go the f**k out" and it's the most common slogan during those protests. it's rude, but, well, everybody knew "kurwa" one before... it may be your second polish word, congrats.
I'm almost sure I'm translating this incorrectly, since it has two idioms in it, but it's more or less something like: "The women are upset: 'Oh, the curse on the Duck!'". (It's a word-play: 'Kaczka' - Duck - is an allusion to "Kaczyński", last name of Polish politic). Also, the slogan is a quote from poem written by Jan Brzechwa.
I was appalled when I heard about this. The thing is no law will ever prevent abortions, it will just stop SAFE abortions. We women are humans not breeding machines and deserve to have the right over our own bodies. Men should not have a say in what we can do to our bodies and should not be able to have a vote on the matter. That is not their right.
EXACTLY. When you ban a safe medical procedure, you have women risking their lives and health with alternatives. It's 2020, those risks do not need to be taken.
Load More Replies...Finally! I was waiting for some kind of article about situation in Poland and I'm SO happy it was finally published! Let the world know what happened in our country!
Enuya I like in the UK and this is the first I have heard about it, so sad the BBC and other news outlets have not reported it. I stand with My Polish sisters.
Load More Replies...Some countries are making giant steps into the past...Wehn I was born, in Germany a woman couldn't have her own bank account without the approuval of her husband... her husband could force her to quit her job when he thought that her work had a negative impact on the housekeeping...
I was appalled when I heard about this. The thing is no law will ever prevent abortions, it will just stop SAFE abortions. We women are humans not breeding machines and deserve to have the right over our own bodies. Men should not have a say in what we can do to our bodies and should not be able to have a vote on the matter. That is not their right.
EXACTLY. When you ban a safe medical procedure, you have women risking their lives and health with alternatives. It's 2020, those risks do not need to be taken.
Load More Replies...Finally! I was waiting for some kind of article about situation in Poland and I'm SO happy it was finally published! Let the world know what happened in our country!
Enuya I like in the UK and this is the first I have heard about it, so sad the BBC and other news outlets have not reported it. I stand with My Polish sisters.
Load More Replies...Some countries are making giant steps into the past...Wehn I was born, in Germany a woman couldn't have her own bank account without the approuval of her husband... her husband could force her to quit her job when he thought that her work had a negative impact on the housekeeping...