People protest against the ruling by Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal that imposes a near-total ban on abortion, in front of the Parliament in Warsaw October 27, 2020. — Picture by Maciek Jazwiecki/Agencja Gazeta via Reuters
“We’re prepared to fight till the end,” Marta Lempart, co-founder of the Women’s Strike movement, told reporters today. Mass protests began last week when Poland’s Constitutional Court ruled that an existing law allowing the abortion of damaged foetuses was “incompatible” with the constitution. Government leaders have slammed protests as a form of “barbarism” and “vandalism” after some demonstrations against Catholic churches.
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