i just want to remind everyone outside of poland (if any of you actually care) that the recent abortion ban is not the first attack on womenās rights. theĀ āblack marchesā against the new abortion laws have been organized for past five years because the subject has been brought up multiple times, usually as a cover up for new laws the government wanted to push through without the attention from polish gpĀ which is, in my opinion, the most disgusting act, using an issue so emotional and sensitive for so many people just so that people wouldnāt look at their hands.
a few weeks ago polish government decided to withdraw from the istambul convention whose main objectives are to protect women from tradition-based domestic abuse.Ā even with this document being signed, polish women were suffering from domestic abuse in silence with no help from the authorities or other family members.
throughout their governing, the current leading party has been in on a war against anything that mightĀ āthreaten the traditional christian family values.ā that means calling lgbtq+ folks a facist (or neo-bolshevik, depending on their mood) ideology, not people, refusing to introduce sexual education at schools (spreading the false information about it sexualizing childrenĀ and exposing them to pedophilia,) mocking and demonizing feminism and gender studies, calling it an ideology, too.
two female pro-life activists, kaja godek and zuzanna wiewiĆ³rka, have been recognized and supported by the government. the first one is advocating for a total abortion ban, especially when the pregnancy is the result of rape. the second one was awarded by the ministry of justice for violating a teenage grilās privacy, expoisng her unwanted pregnancy to her parents. the girl wanted to have an abortion, and wiewiĆ³rka posed as a pro-choice activist ready to help her find a safe way. instead, she forced the girl to go through the pregnancy and, allegedly, domestic violence.
a far right politician, janusz korwin-mikke, who is also in the european parliment, is widely known for his mysoginistic views, saying that women are less intelligent than men, thatĀ āyou always rape a littleā and other disgusting things i do not want to write down.
the new mp of education and academia has said that women should be married and have childern before theyāre 30, and then they can think about their careers, that lgbtq+ folks are not equal toĀ ānormal people,ā and that there is no time to think about human rights at the moment.
the access to abortion, even before the recent ban, was always difficult. most of the doctors had the right to refuse to perform the surgery, the social stigma was always unbearable. furthermore, there has never been any access to the day-after pill. the contraception in poland is a very sad joke. thousands of women are scared of having kids because they might lose their jobs. and the government does not care about the women nor the children after the pregnancy. if the child is born disabled, there is no help from anyone except good-willed people. if the mother does not have enough money to raise a kid - there is no helpĀ from the authorities that are so loud about protecting the unborn lives. there is practically no access to any psychological help in case of miscarriage, seeing a childās death, raising a disabled baby. and foster care or orphanages? the government does not give a single fuckĀ about these places, the conditions of these institutions, and people that live there.
we, polish women, folks with uterus, have been disrespected, mocked, humiliated and uncared for by the government and by the thriving mysoginy in this country. and we are angry.
petitions donāt work, what you can do if you care enough to help is spread awarness about what weāve been going through, demanding a statement about the issue from your authorities because what can help is international pressure. they are stripping us of our basic rights, and even though i am angry, i am also very scared of the future.
please, donāt look away.
and to my polish friends,Ā
***** *** nie możemy daÄ tym gnojom wygraÄ
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