Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Protesters in Poland Rally Against Proposal for Total Abortion Ban

Despite pouring rain and a chill in the air, Anna Pietruszka-Drozdz, together with as many as 24,000 other Polish women and men, skipped work on Monday and instead came to Castle Square in Warsaw, dressed in black, to protest a sweeping new anti-abortion bill.

“A complete and total abortion ban? This is beyond my wildest nightmares,” said Ms. Pietruszka-Drozdz, 37, a mother of two. “Women don’t have abortions because they are promiscuous and it’s convenient. They do it because they need to, and it’s often the most traumatic decision ever.”...
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/world/europe/poland-abortion-black-monday.html?_r=0


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