Fascism is rising all over the world once again – it started in India and then in USA and Brazil, and now it has been reaching out to fundamentally liberal countries. Poland is one of the countries to fall into the grip of neo-fascism lately.
In a bizarre judgment, the Polish government has banned abortion completely and this has sparked nation-wide protests. Members of the feminist group FEMEN were arrested for protesting nude in front of the Polish embassy.
She was holding a coat hanger in her mouth
FEMEN staged a naked protest outside the Polish embassy in Kyiv, and urged for a recall against this draconian order that violates basic human rights and controls women’s bodies.
One of the members was arrested by Police. She had written “My body, my choice” across her torso. She was also holding a coat hanger in her mouth which is a protest symbol that represents abortions that are not approved by fascist laws.
She also chanted the slogan “Sisters to arms!” in Polish before the Polish police arrested her.
After this, the protests got even more active as more activists poured in at the embassy and held another demonstration.
They had the placard saying:
“When the government decides to ban safe abortions women may decide to abort the government.”
This is the draconian law in Poland actually says
Note that Poland’s court had declared that aborting even the malformed fetuses goes against the constitution of the country. So the law does not allow women to have an abortion in case of accidental or unintentional pregnancies, and women are even obligated to give birth even if the fetus has developmental issues. The only case where abortion will be allowed is the case of incest or rape.
This is the strictest abortion law anywhere in the European Union.
Even Ukraine has better and more open approach to abortions so a lot of Polish women come to Ukraine if they seek to have an abortion.
Featured Image Courtesy: FEMEN
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