Abortion in Poland - âHell for womenâ
âWhy should old men decide on my body!â - thatâs what were asking many girls and women in Poland in 2020 22nd of October.
âThey never went through this emotional and physical pain of not considering your body as your own but as a âmachine to make babiesâ because thatâs what women were born for, right?!â
Itâs been three years now since the decision to make abolition illegal in Poland. Of course the government says itâs protect women and their children but is is really true? How many examples of women being left for death and endangering their lives you have to see to understand that youâve just made them suffer more.
Even in such extreme cases like rape, women are still obliged to show some proof of prohibition act which makes it almost impossible for the rape survivors to obtain abortion. If there is a possibility of life threatening complications from pregnancy, still the doctors will say to a woman: âthere is nothing we can do now, you have to wait because they might think we did it on purpose.â
As a woman in my country with current government I donât feel like my body belongs to me, it doesnât and maybe in everyday situations I wonât think about it. But when it comes to those decisions, itâs not going to be my choice. And this is not right!
"STOP KILLING US"
"WE WANT DOCTORS NOT MISSIONARIES"
Protesters shouting.
Polish people are demanding their rights and they are going to fight for it. Looking at the history of Poland we were born with anger and power inside us. It doesnât matter how many years or how difficult itâs going to be, we wonât give up until we get our rights back, rights to decide on our own self.
Last month, the election was held in Poland. Many Polish people came back from different countries just to vote. But also, thousands of others voted in the UK. I myself went to one of the district in London. I was waiting for 5 hours in a queue outside the building because no one was prepared for this amount of people showing up. But still like everyone else, I stayed in that queue. No matter how long you have to wait especially it that cold weather, when it comes to your rights and your familyâs safety, you will do everything.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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W Parlamencie Europejskim odbyĆo siÄ wysĆuchanie publiczne dotyczÄ ce faktycznego zakazu aborcji w Polsce. W spotkaniu wziÄĆa udziaĆ takĆŒe sz
Overall take on project
I am really happy I could work with people that are as passionate about this topic as I am. We created an environment where we could freely share our thoughts and feelings about quite controversial issues. At the beginning of our work together we discussed and sectioned which one of us would do which topic. Thatâs why we didnât have any problems and difficulties to finish everything on time. What was also interesting about working together was seeing different approaches and life experiences on certain subjects added in our manifesto. I think this combination gives us more personal and powerful tenor on our final project.
















