Poland abortion strike: Thousands of women in over 60 cities refuse to work in protest over restrictive laws
'I am doing it for my daughter,' says one woman
Thousands of Polish women dressed in black have boycotted work and taken to the streets in protest against a plan to ban abortions.
Without half their workforce, government offices, universities and schools in 60 cities across the country closed their doors.
For the day of action, dubbed “Black Monday”, women donned dark-coloured clothes in a symbol of mourning for the loss of reproductive rights they fear.
Poland already has one of Europe's most restrictive abortion laws and opinion surveys show very little support for an even stricter law, despite the nation's deep Catholicism and conservative political direction.
Under the existing law, a hard-won compromise in force since 1993, abortion is banned except in cases where the woman's life is in danger, the fetus is irreparably damaged or the pregnancy results from rape or incest. The new proposal, now being examined by a parliamentary commission, would make all abortions illegal, even in cases of rape or when the woman's life is at risk, with prison terms of up to five years for women seeking abortion and doctors who perform them.
More: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...sh-protestors-industrial-action-a7343136.html
American women need to do this in every state so they will not write more of these draconian laws. Take down the GOP and their backwards leaning lawmakers.
'I am doing it for my daughter,' says one woman
Thousands of Polish women dressed in black have boycotted work and taken to the streets in protest against a plan to ban abortions.
Without half their workforce, government offices, universities and schools in 60 cities across the country closed their doors.
For the day of action, dubbed “Black Monday”, women donned dark-coloured clothes in a symbol of mourning for the loss of reproductive rights they fear.
Poland already has one of Europe's most restrictive abortion laws and opinion surveys show very little support for an even stricter law, despite the nation's deep Catholicism and conservative political direction.
Under the existing law, a hard-won compromise in force since 1993, abortion is banned except in cases where the woman's life is in danger, the fetus is irreparably damaged or the pregnancy results from rape or incest. The new proposal, now being examined by a parliamentary commission, would make all abortions illegal, even in cases of rape or when the woman's life is at risk, with prison terms of up to five years for women seeking abortion and doctors who perform them.
More: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...sh-protestors-industrial-action-a7343136.html
American women need to do this in every state so they will not write more of these draconian laws. Take down the GOP and their backwards leaning lawmakers.
