{"id":8948,"date":"2021-01-28T15:50:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T15:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=8948"},"modified":"2021-01-28T15:50:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T15:50:33","slug":"abortion-ban-takes-effect-in-poland-after-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/abortion-ban-takes-effect-in-poland-after-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortion ban takes effect in Poland after all"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most of you heard about <strong>&#8220;Strajk kobiet&#8221;<\/strong> that took place in Poland back in October 2020. Thousands of people were protesting decision in the nation\u2019s Constitutional Court in Warsaw, that would have further narrowed access to abortion in Poland. As a result of the nationwide protests, government indefinitely delayed the publication of the court\u2019s ruling about abortion ban.<\/p>\n<p>I mentioned the news about it back in November 2020<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"HFN398xvHc\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/news-from-poland-you-might-have-missed-recently\/\">News from Poland you might have missed recently.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;News from Poland you might have missed recently.&#8221; &#8212; Polish Language Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/news-from-poland-you-might-have-missed-recently\/embed\/#?secret=OTDjGzHATL#?secret=HFN398xvHc\" data-secret=\"HFN398xvHc\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>However, a\u00a0contentious near-total ban on abortion in Poland went into effect yesterday night, despite rampant opposition from hundreds of thousands of Poles who began protesting in the fall. On Wednesday the government abruptly announced that the ruling was being published in the government\u2019s journal, meaning it came into effect.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8950\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8950\" class=\"wp-image-8950 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/lady-justice-2388500_1920-350x262.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/lady-justice-2388500_1920-350x262.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/lady-justice-2388500_1920-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/lady-justice-2388500_1920-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/lady-justice-2388500_1920-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/lady-justice-2388500_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Lady justice&#8221; Image by jessica45 from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Constitutional Court, which was reformed by the religious, conservative Law and Justice Party (<strong>PiS<\/strong>), has banned abortions of fetuses with congenital defects. Termination of pregnancy will now be allowed only if the woman&#8217;s health is threatened or if the pregnancy is the result of a criminal act, such as rape or incest.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of Poles oppose a stricter ban and demonstrations took place in Polish cities on Wednesday evening.\u00a0Thousands of outraged women, teenagers and allies returned to the streets Wednesday night bundled up against the cold. The protesters chanted slogans like \u201cI think, I feel, I decide!\u201d (<strong>&#8220;My\u015bl\u0119, czuj\u0119, decyduj\u0119&#8221;<\/strong>) and \u201cFreedom of choice instead of terror!\u201d (&#8220;<span lang=\"pl\"><strong>Wolno\u015b\u0107 wyboru zamiast terroru!&#8221;<\/strong>).\u00a0<\/span>In Warsaw, they marched to the headquarters of the governing Law and Justice Party to songs including \u201cI Will Survive.\u201d Activists have called for large street protests on Thursday and Friday in the capital Warsaw.<\/p>\n<p>The<strong> mayor of Warsaw Rafa\u0142 Trzaskowski<\/strong> tweeted his opposition to the move, calling on women to reject the decision on the streets. Leaders of the nationwide Women&#8217;s Strike movement that opposed the ban wore green headscarves, in a nod to Argentina&#8217;s women&#8217;s movement that successfully <a class=\"ssrcss-hiczm3-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-latin-america-55475036\">campaigned to legalise abortion.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not only women whom you\u2019re bringing to the streets, it\u2019s the whole nation that has had enough,\u201d said Rafa\u0142 Trzaskowski, the mayor of Warsaw, adding the decision to publish the ruling \u201cagainst the will of Poles\u201d was a \u201cconscious and calculated acting to the detriment of the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/01\/28\/europe\/poland-abortion-restrictions-law-intl-hnk\/index.html\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Video from Warsaw last night:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Strajk Kobiet w Warszawie (27.01.2021)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VIg_ql_MoaE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last night in Katowice:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Strajk Kobiet pod Katedr\u0105 w Katowicach 27.01.2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mjs8Q-cfDIc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"262\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/lady-justice-2388500_1920-350x262.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/lady-justice-2388500_1920-350x262.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/lady-justice-2388500_1920-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/lady-justice-2388500_1920-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/lady-justice-2388500_1920-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/lady-justice-2388500_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Most of you heard about &#8220;Strajk kobiet&#8221; that took place in Poland back in October 2020. Thousands of people were protesting decision in the nation\u2019s Constitutional Court in Warsaw, that would have further narrowed access to abortion in Poland. As a result of the nationwide protests, government indefinitely delayed the publication of the court\u2019s ruling&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/abortion-ban-takes-effect-in-poland-after-all\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":8950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3,10166,13434],"tags":[69587,412077,412079,412078],"class_list":["post-8948","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-current-news","category-regulations","tag-abortion","tag-abortion-ban","tag-poland-news","tag-strajk-kobiet"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8948"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8954,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8948\/revisions\/8954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}