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Armed with red paint and defying coronavirus restrictions, hundreds of Poles rallied in Warsaw Thursday against a controversial court verdict imposing a near-total ban on abortion.
Spilling Red Paint, Poles Protest Near-total Abortion Ban
01/28/21 AT 5:50 PM
Armed with red paint and defying coronavirus restrictions, hundreds of Poles rallied in Warsaw Thursday against a controversial court verdict imposing a near-total ban on abortion.
Protesters also took to the streets elsewhere in the EU member in what was the second night of outrage after the Constitutional Court ruling came into effect on Wednesday.
The move means that all abortions in Poland are now banned except in cases of rape and incest, or when the mother s life or health are considered to be at risk. A demonstrator in Warsaw on Thursday Photo: AFP / Wojtek Radwanski
published : 28 Jan 2021 at 08:45
1 The move means that all abortions in Poland will be banned except in cases of rape and incest, or when the mother s life or health are considered to be at risk
WARSAW - A controversial Polish court ruling that imposes a near-total ban on abortion came into force on Wednesday, sparking nationwide protests that brought thousands into the streets despite coronavirus restrictions.
The move means that all abortions in Poland will be banned except in cases of rape and incest, or when the mother s life or health are considered to be at risk.
Protesters in the capital Warsaw lit red flares, waved rainbow flags associated with LGBT community and brandished placards reading This Means War and Free Choice, Not Terror .