To be brutally clear: this legal change will force women to give birth to babies who will immediately die. That's it's main impact. Also, the court that took this decision is illegal. Hence the protests. https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1354568863476817923
The decision is also intended to distract from the government's complete failure to provide vaccines. Hardly anyone nas has received the vaccine - and there appear to be hardly any left.
Remember, abortion is already almost totally banned in Poland. This eliminates a tiny group of exceptions. But it is will create maximal pain and distress for a small number of women.
“We are dealing with incompetence, corruption, a total decay of the state, so these men are doing what they know best — taking away rights and freedoms from the citizens." That's Marta Lempart, one of the Women's Strike leaders
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