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- Throughout Poland there were again protests against the tightening of the abortion law.
- Today the women’s movement is calling for a national strike.
- Hardening the abortion law was also a problem in parliament.
Protests against the drastic tightening of the abortion law have also reached the Polish parliament. According to the Polish news agency PAP, there were emotional scenes on Tuesday after Deputy Speaker of Parliament Ryszard Terlecki of the ruling National Conservative Party (PiS) compared the symbols on the masks of opposition deputies with those of the Nazis. .
Members of Parliament are in the room wearing masks with signs similar to the symbols of the Hitler Youth and the SS.
Terlecki, also head of the PiS parliamentary group, said according to the PAP: “I regret to say that there are members of the Left and Civic Platform in the hall wearing masks with symbols similar to the symbols of the Hitler Youth and the SS. »The protest symbol on the mask shows a red lightning bolt and is directed against the Constitutional Court ruling on abortion.
A member of the Civic Platform ran to the lectern, drew attention to the ongoing mass protests and criticized PiS President Jaroslaw Kaczynski. Several left-wing MPs took the podium with cards reading “Women Decide” and “Legal Abortion.” Two opposition deputies were expelled from the Chamber.
Kaczynski: protesters want to destroy Poland
Poland’s PiS boss and deputy prime minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski rejected the criticism. In a video message, he condemned the protests and called on all PiS members and supporters to defend the churches in Poland. Kaczynski unceremoniously declared the protesters criminals.
The end of the protest is not in sight. For example, the Polish women’s movement has called a national strike this Wednesday. “We take a leave without pay. We closed the company. Or simply, we are not going to work, ”she says in an appeal from the organization“ Polish Women’s Strike ”.
After the Constitutional Court’s decision that abortions due to severe fetal malformations are also unconstitutional, tens of thousands have been protesting in Poland for days. The Polish abortion law was already one of the strictest in Europe.
