{"id":8656,"date":"2020-11-19T15:24:57","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T15:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=8656"},"modified":"2020-11-19T15:24:57","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T15:24:57","slug":"news-from-poland-you-might-have-missed-recently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/news-from-poland-you-might-have-missed-recently\/","title":{"rendered":"News from Poland you might have missed recently."},"content":{"rendered":"

While our attention has been gripped by the US Presidential Election, the world is still going forward. With that here are couple biggest stories in Poland which may have missed your attention during coverage of the race for the White House.<\/p>\n

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Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n

1.<\/strong> Since October 22nd, hundreds of thousands across Poland have been protesting\u2014in over five hundred cities and towns! The term for the protests is \u201cWomen\u2019s Strike\u201d (Strajk Kobiet)<\/strong>, although it\u2019s not just women participating, and it\u2019s not exactly a strike. The loud demonstrations (demonstracje<\/strong>) were sparked by a decision in the nation\u2019s Constitutional Court in Warsaw, that would have further narrowed access to abortion in Poland. You can almost call it a Revolution…<\/p>\n

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Abortion (przerwanie ci\u0105\u017cy, aborcja<\/strong>) is allowed in Poland only if the pregnancy (ci\u0105\u017ca<\/strong>) is the result of rape (gwa\u0142t<\/strong>) or incest (kazirodztwo<\/strong>)<\/span>, if the woman\u2019s life is in danger, or if the fetus is affected by severe congenital defects. The recent court decision, on October 22nd, eliminated the last of these three conditions from the list.<\/p>\n

As a result of the nationwide protests, government indefinitely delayed the publication of the court\u2019s ruling, which prevents it from going into legal force.\u00a0Government officials are saying that the leaders are taking time to debate the contested ruling and find a solution.\u00a0There is a discussion going on, and it would be good to take some time for dialogue and for finding a new position in this situation that is difficult and stirs high emotions. It is definitely one of the loudest and biggest demonstrations Poland has seen in long time.<\/p>\n

Check for more details\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Warsaw, Poland. Image by Rudy and Peter Skitterians from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n

2.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0As for the second important news from Poland, let’s talk about the next wave of coronavirus that is happening.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately it seems like the second wave is way more alarming than the first one…Poland is suffering from a shortage of doctors, nursing staff and ICU beds. Field hospitals are being built to accommodate patients during the pandemic. The country’s health care system is reaching its limits.<\/p>\n

So what should you expect in Poland right now?<\/p>\n