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I know I don’t have a large following... But I feel so powerless... On the 27 of January 2021 Constitutional Court in Poland publicised their judgement that abortion due to fetal impairment is unconstitutional. Which means they practically banned abortion in Poland. For context: Poland had one of the strictest abortion laws in Europe. It was only possible to abort the pregnancy in three exceptions. 1. Danger to mother’s life 2. Conception during an illegal act (rape, incest, etc) 3. High probability of a severe and irreversible fetal impairment or incurable life threatening disease In 2019 in Poland 1110 legal abortions were preformed from which 1074 were due to the third exception. It’s sickening that we are denied abortion even if it would be mercy for a child that is not going to survive. Traumatizing women by forcing them to keep the pregnancy with a baby that is not going to survive is inhumane. And don’t get me started on the quality of life of disabled people here in Poland.

“Chcemy POLSKI, nie Gileadu” (’We want Poland, not Gilead’) 

As a polish girl ...

I want to abort polish government

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Poland just made it legal to torture women.

abortion law in Poland was already the strictest in Europe, abortion was allowed in only 3 cases:

if the pregnancy was a result of rape or incest

if the mother's health was at risk

in case of foetal defects.

another problem is that there is something called "conscience clause" among Polish doctors which means that they can deny a patient certain treatment if it's against their conscience or beliefs (yes, it mostly applies to conservative, catholic doctors). some doctors went as far as not telling women about foetal defects until it was too late to terminate pregnancy. what's more, abortion in case of rape happens very rarely, since it's difficult to prove rape in the eyes of Polish law.

in 2019, only 1100 legal abortions took place in Poland, a country populated by 38 milion people. 98% of these abortions happened because of foetal defects.

on October 22nd 2020, Poland's top court ruled abortion due to foetal defects inconstitional, basically making abortion illegal.

Polish women will be forced to give birth to children with basically no chance to live. they will be tortured physically and mentally. rich women will be able to visit neighbouring countries to have abortion there but there are plenty of women who will have unsafe, illegal abortions, endangering their lives.

there are protests happening all over the country. not for the first time though, we've been protesting abortion ban for few years now. there's a sense of solidarity among us but the truth is, we're afraid.

this is how catholic extremism looks like. Poland is becoming a real-life Gilead and it's fucking terrifying.