Thousands protest proposed total abortion ban in Poland

Joanna Gill

 

 

Thousands of people decked in black clothes have taken to the streets of Warsaw to protest against a total ban on abortion in Poland.

 

Under the current law, abortions are only allowed in cases of rape, incest or if a woman or foetus’ life is in danger, and a new bill is being considered to restrict it further.

 

Powerful pressure group Stop Abortion collected 450,000 signatures to push for a total ban on abortion in the largely Catholic country, while the pro-choice Save Women coalition petitioned to liberalise the laws.

 

“A quarter of a million signatures for the modern bill have been thrown into the garbage while the project that punishes women five years in prison for having an abortion was sent for further work to the parliament’s committee. We cannot be deaf and blind. That’s why we’re here,” Dariusz Jonski from the “Democratic Left Alliance” party told the crowd.

 

Another protest is scheduled for Monday (3.10.16) when women are being called upon to go on strike to protest against the anti-abortion bill.

 

 

-- © Copyright Euronews 2016-10-02

 

 

The people were unhappy with left wingers and then voted for right wing wingnuts. Again proof positive that there is little difference between the two. Instead of passing real legislation to help people all they do is stir up BS The following McBeth poem describes things. 

Double, double toil and trouble; 

Fire burn and caldron bubble. 

Fillet of a fenny snake, 

In the caldron boil and bake; 

Eye of newt and toe of frog, 

Wool of bat and tongue of dog, 

Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, 

Lizard's leg and howlet's wing, 

For a charm of powerful trouble, 

Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. 

 

Double, double toil and trouble; 

Fire burn and caldron bubble. 

Cool it with a baboon's blood, 

Then the charm is firm and good.

35 minutes ago, elgordo38 said:

The people were unhappy with left wingers and then voted for right wing wingnuts. Again proof positive that there is little difference between the two. Instead of passing real legislation to help people all they do is stir up BS The following McBeth poem describes things. 

Double, double toil and trouble; 

Fire burn and caldron bubble. 

Fillet of a fenny snake, 

In the caldron boil and bake; 

Eye of newt and toe of frog, 

Wool of bat and tongue of dog, 

Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, 

Lizard's leg and howlet's wing, 

For a charm of powerful trouble, 

Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. 

 

Double, double toil and trouble; 

Fire burn and caldron bubble. 

Cool it with a baboon's blood, 

Then the charm is firm and good.

Politicians the world over are cut from the same bolt of cloth. They are in it for power and money.

Who let the populists out?

 

Come on. Who was it?

The Catholic Church weaves its magic again.

They need to keep up the supply of gullible subjects to provide money and children to their priests.

 

 

Agree with the present exceptions, disagree with a total ban. Disgusted with its use in other countries as a means of conraception.

 

5 minutes ago, jesimps said:

Agree with the present exceptions, disagree with a total ban. Disgusted with its use in other countries as a means of conraception.

 

 

Are you male, or female?

1 hour ago, jesimps said:

Agree with the present exceptions, disagree with a total ban. Disgusted with its use in other countries as a means of conraception.

 

about 130 million births a year and 40 million abortions per year.  horrific.

I couldn't care less either way, just a smoke screen issue in my book, while your politicians steal your money.