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I Documented How Women Protest The New Law That Bans Abortion In Poland (11 Pics)
Portraits of participants in the protest on the abortion ban In Szczecin, Poland from October 26th, 2020. Angered women and their supporters blocked rush-hour traffic in many cities of Poland.
Nationwide protests against a recent court ruling that tightened Poland’s restrictive abortion law further. The court effectively banned almost all abortions. The symbol of the fight against the new law was the sign of red lightning visible on the faces and masks of the participants.
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To all of the anti-abortion comments here: would you force a raped child, probably 12 or 13, to give up her childhood because she gave birth to a child? How would you feel, knowing that your childhood was stolen because of something that could have been prevented?
The bigger question...why would you force a 13 year old child to carry her 58 year old rapist uncle's baby? That is what would happen if it is banned outright....
Load More Replies...(First part) Before anyone makes anti-abortion comments, I'd like to say something. I am not here to draw you from your beliefs, I merely wish to share information from various health institutions. Many people consider abortion as murder. An example of murder is the killing of your sister, or perhaps a co-worker or friend. They are people, that is why we call an individual a person. A baby. A baby is a person that has been born. They are alive. During a miscarriage, the baby will be alive, but for a short amount of time. Still, they are alive. Now, a fetus. It is not alive. A fetus is an unborn child. Keyword: unborn. They are not alive. Apparently, some people believe a fertilized egg is a born person. If we can devote millions of dollars to save fertilized eggs, then why can't we devote millions of dollars to preventing miscarriages. People will attribute that to 'natural' causes. Would you call a miscarriage a murder? Hardly. Abortion, in some people's eyes, is murder. Yes, a miscarriage and an abortion are quite different, but in the end, the outcome is the same. The child will not be alive.
It is rather ironic that Poland now are tightening their abortion laws as in the 50ties-60ties Poland was the go-to country if you wanted an abortion.Lots of Scandinavians who did not have the abortion law yet went there.Apparently money was more important than Catholicism or the Solidarity Movement was a bigger problem for the government...just saying
I don't understand why abortion is viewed as murder. It cannot be murder if the child is unborn, they are not alive. Many women get an abortion because they don't want to or cannot take care of the child. Some women get an abortion because they don't want the side effects that come with giving birth. Abortion can be beneficial to the unborn child and mother. What if the mother didn't have the resources to take care of her child? You'd be letting the child be born into poverty and suffer. The mother would have to watch her child suffer and be powerless to do anything about it. What if the mother wanted to finish her education first? She wouldn't be able to achieve her goals with a child. We women have control over our own bodies, it is not up to the government to decide what we get to do with ourselves. Not all women are Christians either, so you cannot force them to give birth because of a religion they don't follow. We do not belong to you. We are not your slaves. You do not own us.
I notice that it seems to be the men making comments about how f****d up it is that women want to kill their babies. This isn't about killing babies, this is about women's rights.
Thank god i had an abortion! I'm 34 and i 'm wearing my pill on me for 3 years in my arm. If it did not work i'ts not my fault. No pb with it nore the father! Brett Connor and your friends i could kick you under the belt, but you are so sure that you are right, that you are right. LOL
Load More Replies...Guys, shut up. If you don’t have a uterus, you don’t have an opinion.
Good for you! Also, to those trolls, you don't know the whole story. Maybe they can't give birth for a medical reason. Wouldn't letting them continue the pregnancy also be murder? Let Women have choice over their own bodies.
why are people so invested in children who aren't even born yet rather than the children who have been born that are sitting in adoption centers waiting for someone to love them? or maybe the children who are dealing with abusive caretakers?? quite funny if you ask me lol
You see, they don't actually care about the children. Because these unborn ones can be used to control someone else's body, that's the reason they care
Load More Replies...Please leave me and my body alone. no one but myself should have the right to decide what to do with it in any stage. almost every government has told us women what we can an cannot do, it is time to stop. i am 36y.o female who cannot get her tubes tied because i dont have a husband to give permission, and when i do marry my husband may want children (so i have no say in the matter?!?) i may want another child (y only is 14y.o), and its a big decision and should not make this choice on my own... so i will be abstinent until menopause or take birth control (which i am lucky to be able to have). this is suchhhh a great world we live in.
I love your comment. Men are the ones making laws on what we get to do with our bodies. They don't have a uterus, so they should have no say in it. They can support abortion, but really, women should be the ones making laws on reproductive rights. We women aren't slaves, no one owns us.
Load More Replies...We are talking about embryos, not babies. A baby can live without being attached to another body. An embryo cannot! I do not support murdering babies, but I do support women who want the removal of an unwanted embryo... Many progressive countries have seen that it is better to have fewer children, but more children that are loved and have the possibility to grow, and most important : children that are wanted. Poland has unfortunately not seen this, and bases a lot of it's laws on a book that is 2000 years old. A book that has been used to find excuses for racism, discrimination of women and genocide (Jews killed Jesus, so it was ok for many centuries to treat jews badly)
Thank you for this comment! Some people seem to believe that an embryo is equivalent to a living person. An embryo can't be living if it hasn't been born yet. And not a lot of Poles are religious, so I don't understand why they're basing their laws of of a 2000-year-old book.
Load More Replies...Basically a symbol for female rebellion. A thunder that will strike the oppressive government, if you will.
Load More Replies...Can't humanity just trust women to take care of their own bodies lives? You want to convince women not to have an abortion? Don't make it illegal (that won't work), work to make conditions that make having children favorable. You'll never stop abortions that occur to save the womans life or to spare the fetus pain, but you will gain far more toward your goals than screaming 'baby killer' at some stranger when you don't know their circumstances, their health and you should have zero say over what they do with their body. You really want a law deciding what you can do with your body? Pregnancy isn't a walk in the park. It leaves your body permanently changed in the best of circumstances and endangers your health and life in less than favorable circumstances. Why do you not trust women to do what is best?
exactly! and not only that but people who say abortion is "murder", what if the woman has health issues (or even death) if she gives birth??? they care only about the child's life (that hasn't even been born yet) rather than the woman's. smh
Load More Replies...in 20 years Poland will have the same outcome El Salvador and Romania had when they banned abortion. History does not look kindly on countries that ban abortion.
This seems to be where people are putting their opinions on Abortion so imma just put my opinion on the middle ground. I believe abortion should be allowed up until the heart starts to beat(don’t exactly know when that is) before then the fetus is not alive in the slightest, just a mass gathering of cells. After the heart beats the fetus can be considered somewhat alive. From there if there is a medical problem with the fetus after the heart starts beating then you should be able to get an abortion for your own sake. Abortion should by all rights be allowed, not only because some people get pregnant due to rape and such. But also because what use is bringing a child into this world only for it to have the mother turning her back in the child leaving the child to grow up alone and abandoned in a foster system. Now you can say you shouldn’t have had sex if the child is a cause of consensual sex but sometimes a person will get pregnant even though they used all the protection they can.
I don't understand why people seem to think abortion is murder. It can't be murder if the embryo is undeveloped and unborn. Keyword: unborn. They are not alive. Abortion is just preventing the development of the embryo. Think about this: a knee surgery and an abortion. They are both different, but they can be beneficial to the patient. Many women get an abortion because they cannot take care of the child, or they simply don't want to. Taking care of a child is a huge responsibility. Pregnancy isn't just popping out the baby then you're done, you still have to raise the kid. That's a responsibility most people can't handle. Abortion can be beneficial to both sides. Sometimes the mother doesn't have the resources to raise her future child. Or maybe the mother wants to finish her education first. Abortion shouldn't be called murder, as it can be beneficial to the mother and the unborn child. It can save a lot of time, money, and possibly lives.
it is a tricky thing to teach women what life is about - we live in a world which has forgotten essence - all over the world women stand up to live their father-wound which leads to all the symptoms of self-forgetfulness - we have to be strong in order to avoid the soul-collapse - well I have real hope cause more and more of us wake up
Keyword: UNBORN. They are not alive. The embryo is not alive, as it has not developed and been born. And the comment about spirituality. Not everyone believes in spirituality or religion, so you can't use religion to justify your belief that abortion is wrong. Women are people, and no one owns us. And I don't understand why men are the ones making laws on abortion. Do you have to carry a fetus in your womb for months then give birth? No, you don't! Yes, some men do support pro-choice, and I'm grateful. Women belong to no one, and for that, you cannot force us to have a child when we don't want to. We belong to no one. You don't own us, and therefore, you cannot force us to do something we don't want to. We are not your slaves.
Load More Replies...You can get pregnant while taking precautions. You can get pregnant through the pill and condoms. And isn't it also wrong that women have to put hormones in their body to not get pregnant? What body altering things do men do to not create a child? Also, abortion is not easy. It's not like walking up and thinking: oh today I go grocery shopping, have an abortion, go to the gym... It is but a decision taken lightly. Imagine a girl around 23 getting pregnant, herb partner leaves her for it, she just lost her job and has no place to live. Should she roam the streets with her unborn child, and after, with a baby? Or what if she happens to get pregnant and her partner is abusive and she doesn't want the kids to face this kind of abuse as well. And no, it's not just " leave him". What if the mother is addicted to drugs and won't quit. What if it was a short romance and the condom failed, would she have to give up her dreams, her body, her life for something unwanted?
Load More Replies...*their parents*? I bet it's *the father*. And are condoms free? That said, some women are allergic to the latex of condoms. Also, condoms aren't 100% safe. The pill is hormones and probably costs money to. The fact that they kill girls is evidence that a woman is not deemed worth a lot.
Load More Replies...Brett - I suppose Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie) was SS as well? The Marvel superhero Flash is SS? The Pixar car Lightning McQueen had a lightning bold symbol as well... Et Tu, McQueen? The lightning bold is a common symbol, and in this case is simply the symbol of this movement. And that makes your comment suggest that you're the uneducated moron.
Load More Replies...You made 55 comments and got more than 550 downvotes, that's actually f****d up^^ Maybe it's time to go to your extremist church, pray a lot in silence and stop making crazy comments online about God, LGBT, Women...
Load More Replies...I notice that it seems to be the men making comments about how f****d up it is that women want to kill their babies. This isn't about killing babies, this is about women's rights.
Thank god i had an abortion! I'm 34 and i 'm wearing my pill on me for 3 years in my arm. If it did not work i'ts not my fault. No pb with it nore the father! Brett Connor and your friends i could kick you under the belt, but you are so sure that you are right, that you are right. LOL
Load More Replies...Guys, shut up. If you don’t have a uterus, you don’t have an opinion.
Good for you! Also, to those trolls, you don't know the whole story. Maybe they can't give birth for a medical reason. Wouldn't letting them continue the pregnancy also be murder? Let Women have choice over their own bodies.
why are people so invested in children who aren't even born yet rather than the children who have been born that are sitting in adoption centers waiting for someone to love them? or maybe the children who are dealing with abusive caretakers?? quite funny if you ask me lol
You see, they don't actually care about the children. Because these unborn ones can be used to control someone else's body, that's the reason they care
Load More Replies...Please leave me and my body alone. no one but myself should have the right to decide what to do with it in any stage. almost every government has told us women what we can an cannot do, it is time to stop. i am 36y.o female who cannot get her tubes tied because i dont have a husband to give permission, and when i do marry my husband may want children (so i have no say in the matter?!?) i may want another child (y only is 14y.o), and its a big decision and should not make this choice on my own... so i will be abstinent until menopause or take birth control (which i am lucky to be able to have). this is suchhhh a great world we live in.
I love your comment. Men are the ones making laws on what we get to do with our bodies. They don't have a uterus, so they should have no say in it. They can support abortion, but really, women should be the ones making laws on reproductive rights. We women aren't slaves, no one owns us.
Load More Replies...We are talking about embryos, not babies. A baby can live without being attached to another body. An embryo cannot! I do not support murdering babies, but I do support women who want the removal of an unwanted embryo... Many progressive countries have seen that it is better to have fewer children, but more children that are loved and have the possibility to grow, and most important : children that are wanted. Poland has unfortunately not seen this, and bases a lot of it's laws on a book that is 2000 years old. A book that has been used to find excuses for racism, discrimination of women and genocide (Jews killed Jesus, so it was ok for many centuries to treat jews badly)
Thank you for this comment! Some people seem to believe that an embryo is equivalent to a living person. An embryo can't be living if it hasn't been born yet. And not a lot of Poles are religious, so I don't understand why they're basing their laws of of a 2000-year-old book.
Load More Replies...Basically a symbol for female rebellion. A thunder that will strike the oppressive government, if you will.
Load More Replies...Can't humanity just trust women to take care of their own bodies lives? You want to convince women not to have an abortion? Don't make it illegal (that won't work), work to make conditions that make having children favorable. You'll never stop abortions that occur to save the womans life or to spare the fetus pain, but you will gain far more toward your goals than screaming 'baby killer' at some stranger when you don't know their circumstances, their health and you should have zero say over what they do with their body. You really want a law deciding what you can do with your body? Pregnancy isn't a walk in the park. It leaves your body permanently changed in the best of circumstances and endangers your health and life in less than favorable circumstances. Why do you not trust women to do what is best?
exactly! and not only that but people who say abortion is "murder", what if the woman has health issues (or even death) if she gives birth??? they care only about the child's life (that hasn't even been born yet) rather than the woman's. smh
Load More Replies...in 20 years Poland will have the same outcome El Salvador and Romania had when they banned abortion. History does not look kindly on countries that ban abortion.
This seems to be where people are putting their opinions on Abortion so imma just put my opinion on the middle ground. I believe abortion should be allowed up until the heart starts to beat(don’t exactly know when that is) before then the fetus is not alive in the slightest, just a mass gathering of cells. After the heart beats the fetus can be considered somewhat alive. From there if there is a medical problem with the fetus after the heart starts beating then you should be able to get an abortion for your own sake. Abortion should by all rights be allowed, not only because some people get pregnant due to rape and such. But also because what use is bringing a child into this world only for it to have the mother turning her back in the child leaving the child to grow up alone and abandoned in a foster system. Now you can say you shouldn’t have had sex if the child is a cause of consensual sex but sometimes a person will get pregnant even though they used all the protection they can.
I don't understand why people seem to think abortion is murder. It can't be murder if the embryo is undeveloped and unborn. Keyword: unborn. They are not alive. Abortion is just preventing the development of the embryo. Think about this: a knee surgery and an abortion. They are both different, but they can be beneficial to the patient. Many women get an abortion because they cannot take care of the child, or they simply don't want to. Taking care of a child is a huge responsibility. Pregnancy isn't just popping out the baby then you're done, you still have to raise the kid. That's a responsibility most people can't handle. Abortion can be beneficial to both sides. Sometimes the mother doesn't have the resources to raise her future child. Or maybe the mother wants to finish her education first. Abortion shouldn't be called murder, as it can be beneficial to the mother and the unborn child. It can save a lot of time, money, and possibly lives.
it is a tricky thing to teach women what life is about - we live in a world which has forgotten essence - all over the world women stand up to live their father-wound which leads to all the symptoms of self-forgetfulness - we have to be strong in order to avoid the soul-collapse - well I have real hope cause more and more of us wake up
Keyword: UNBORN. They are not alive. The embryo is not alive, as it has not developed and been born. And the comment about spirituality. Not everyone believes in spirituality or religion, so you can't use religion to justify your belief that abortion is wrong. Women are people, and no one owns us. And I don't understand why men are the ones making laws on abortion. Do you have to carry a fetus in your womb for months then give birth? No, you don't! Yes, some men do support pro-choice, and I'm grateful. Women belong to no one, and for that, you cannot force us to have a child when we don't want to. We belong to no one. You don't own us, and therefore, you cannot force us to do something we don't want to. We are not your slaves.
Load More Replies...You can get pregnant while taking precautions. You can get pregnant through the pill and condoms. And isn't it also wrong that women have to put hormones in their body to not get pregnant? What body altering things do men do to not create a child? Also, abortion is not easy. It's not like walking up and thinking: oh today I go grocery shopping, have an abortion, go to the gym... It is but a decision taken lightly. Imagine a girl around 23 getting pregnant, herb partner leaves her for it, she just lost her job and has no place to live. Should she roam the streets with her unborn child, and after, with a baby? Or what if she happens to get pregnant and her partner is abusive and she doesn't want the kids to face this kind of abuse as well. And no, it's not just " leave him". What if the mother is addicted to drugs and won't quit. What if it was a short romance and the condom failed, would she have to give up her dreams, her body, her life for something unwanted?
Load More Replies...*their parents*? I bet it's *the father*. And are condoms free? That said, some women are allergic to the latex of condoms. Also, condoms aren't 100% safe. The pill is hormones and probably costs money to. The fact that they kill girls is evidence that a woman is not deemed worth a lot.
Load More Replies...Brett - I suppose Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie) was SS as well? The Marvel superhero Flash is SS? The Pixar car Lightning McQueen had a lightning bold symbol as well... Et Tu, McQueen? The lightning bold is a common symbol, and in this case is simply the symbol of this movement. And that makes your comment suggest that you're the uneducated moron.
Load More Replies...You made 55 comments and got more than 550 downvotes, that's actually f****d up^^ Maybe it's time to go to your extremist church, pray a lot in silence and stop making crazy comments online about God, LGBT, Women...
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