“Support for women came thick and fast both domestically and further afield, with opposition to the judgement coming from groups not typically associated with women’s rights, such as farmers and miners.” European Studies graduate Charlotte Killeen outlines the national and Europe-wide reactions to Poland’s near-total ban on abortion.

Charlotte Killeen
Thu 5 Nov 2020

Protests have taken place in cities and towns across Poland following a ruling by the country’s Constitutional Tribunal that allowing abortion in cases of foetal abnormalities is unconstitutional.

Even before the ruling, Poland’s policy of allowing abortion only in cases of rape or incest, threat to the life or health of the woman and foetal abnormalities was one of the most restrictive in the EU, with only Malta’s total ban going further. It is the latest setback for the women’s rights movement in Poland, coming on the heels of a government announcement in July that it intends to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence.

Continued: https://greenworld.org.uk/article/how-polish-women-are-resisting-latest-attempt-ban-abortion