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Poland's Constitutional Tribunal has ruled that abortions due to birth defects - which make up 98% of all legal terminations in Poland - are unconstitutional.
The decision has prompted protests by women's rights groups, but was welcomed by the president https://notesfrompoland.com/2020/10/22/constitutional-court-ruling-ends-almost-all-legal-abortion-in-poland/
The decision has prompted protests by women's rights groups, but was welcomed by the president https://notesfrompoland.com/2020/10/22/constitutional-court-ruling-ends-almost-all-legal-abortion-in-poland/
Protesters against the abortion ruling outside the governing party's headquarters
"The civilisation of life has won," says a government minister, celebrating a ruling that almost all abortions in Poland are unconstitutional.
He says Spartans also believed "there was no place for disabled children" but now "only their ruins remain" https://twitter.com/mwojcik_/status/1319274826398195714
He says Spartans also believed "there was no place for disabled children" but now "only their ruins remain" https://twitter.com/mwojcik_/status/1319274826398195714
Around 1,000 people had joined the protest in Warsaw against the anti-abortion ruling by 9pm, reports @RMF24pl.
After gathering outside the Constitutional Tribunal, they marched past PiS headquarters and then PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński's house https://www.rmf24.pl/fakty/polska/news-protest-po-decyzji-trybunalu-konstytucyjnego-nowogrodzka-oto,nId,4809534
After gathering outside the Constitutional Tribunal, they marched past PiS headquarters and then PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński's house https://www.rmf24.pl/fakty/polska/news-protest-po-decyzji-trybunalu-konstytucyjnego-nowogrodzka-oto,nId,4809534
Under new coronavirus restrictions introduced a week ago by the government, public assemblies are supposed to be limited to 10 people in "red zones" (which include Warsaw and most big cities) and 25 people elsewhere https://notesfrompoland.com/2020/10/15/new-coronavirus-restrictions-in-poland-make-restaurants-close-at-9pm-and-high-schools-move-online/
In front of Jarosław Kaczyński's house there are two police cordons and the area is closed to the public https://twitter.com/PBalinowski/status/1319396829512011777
Police have used tear gas against protesters, says opposition MP @AgaBak https://twitter.com/AgaBak/status/1319405919575379974
Police using tear gas against protesters outside ruling party leader Jarosław Kaczyński's house in Warsaw (via journalist @MarcinTerlik)
