Hello, guys. I donât know if youâve heard, but in my beloved, youâd think civilised, beautiful country, located in central Europe, Poland, the basic human rights are about to be taken away from women. Why is that? The Polish government, inspired mainly by the Catholic Church (that has definitely too much power in Poland), has created an anti-abortion project. For now, abortion in Poland is legal in case of rape or if the motherâs/childâs life is in danger. If the anti-abortion project comes through (which is very likely) the situation of Polish women will change dramatically:
- aborting a pregnancy that has started because of rape will no longer be legal (3 months to 5 years of prison for the mother and the doctor),
- aborting a pregnancy that endangers the motherâs life will no longer be legal (3 months to 5 years of prison for the mother and the doctor),
- aborting a pregnancy in case of a fatal disease of the fetus will no longer be legal (3 months to 5 years of prison for the mother and the doctor),
- the project says that whoever puts the woman in a situation of a probable miscarriage could be charged of 3 years in prison, which in practice means that some of the medical exams (like the prental exam which helps to indicate if the fetus is healthy) could not be available because of the doctors being afraid of going to prison,
- it all also means that men could get easily away with rape, since the women would be afraid of going to the police in case they got pregnant and didnât want to get birth to the rapistâs child (which they will now be forced to do),
- also, on the side of this project, the Catholic Church wants to make in vitro even less available for families struggling to have children, since apparently âitâs basically just killing unconcieved babiesâ (?? fuck logic),
- whatâs more, theyâve recently withdrawn chemical contraception for women from the pharmacies (things like spermicidal gels, liquids, creams, vaginal suppositories) cause theyâre apparently âdangerous for womenâs healthâ, so now the only contraception available without a prescription are condoms,
- donât even get me started with the level of sexual education in Poland which is basically non-existent. Recently, just this week, a 12 year old girl gave birth to a child. A fucking 12-yr old. She had sex (they said it was consensual, but who fucking even believes this shit) with a 29 year old man. The doctors said she didnât even know what was going on during the labour, she of course had to have C-section because her body was obviously not ready to have a baby at such young age. There are so many cases like this.
- all of this is supposed to âhelpâ with the demographic decline and to âencourageâ people to have more kids. Let me tell you something - if anything this encourges me to is to not have babies a t   a l l.
Let me also show you some of the social media responses of âpro-lifeâ activists and give you a glimpse of what kind of shit Polish women have to deal with:
âIf the pregnancy started because of rape, the only victim is the child that can lose its life.â
âIf abortion is such a dramatic decision to make, itâll be better to not let women make it. To ban abortion.â
âWomanhood is all about being in service of life. Women/female MPs who are against life, contradict their own womanhood.â
âAll of these women screaming that âtheir belly, their choiceâ [should know] that the life in their bellies belongs only to the child. Selfish women, assassins like during Holocaust. You just lend your body to give new life. You should be happy you were not killed. There should be no abortion.â
âAbortion is barbaric (âŚ) and it will be remembered as equally bad as genocide and gas chambers.â
I found these in 5 minutes. Women are treated with no respect, theyâre believed to be stupid and as not able to make their own choice about their own body. Men leading our country (most of them are very religious) want to decide about what we should do with our bodies. Please, help us. Spread the word. We are trying to fight this, but weâre in the minority⌠The world needs to know!!
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