The Church thanks, tear gas hisses in the streets. Poland has tightened the abortion law

“It’s hard to imagine a happier news,” commented Marek Jedraszewski, a Krakow metropolitan pulpit. “As a father, as a man, as a Catholic, I rejoice that eugenic abortions have been banned. Yes, yes, yes, “wrote the well-known Polish Catholic publicist Tomas Terlikowski on Twitter.

Tusk: Political abomination

But the whole of Poland is not happy. The condemnation from the political opposition came immediately. Donald Tusk, a former Polish prime minister and now chairman of the European People’s Party, also spoke. “It is more than cynicism to open the subject of abortion now and get it approved by a pseudo-truncial in the middle of a mad pandemic. It’s a political abomination, “Tusk wrote in his Twitter account.

Why pseudotribunal? Except for one, all constitutional judges were elected to their positions by PiS. In addition, they were placed there after judicial reform, which has been heavily criticized by the EU. And as already mentioned, the president of the court is known for her friendship with the powerful president and also the conservative Kaczyński. Boris Budka, chairman of the Civic Platform’s main opposition party, told Gazeta Wyborcza directly: “The court has complied with Kaczyński’s order. He has been trying to make women a living hell for a long time. “

Demonstrations in the streets

In the streets of Warsaw, the court’s decision was protested until late Thursday night. At the same time, however, supporters of tightening the abortion law were heard. There are enough of them in Poland too.

After 10 pm, several thousand people set out for the house of Prime Minister PiS Kaczyński. According to the Facebook broadcast of the OKO.press television, which recorded the entire protest, they arrived at the place around midnight. Hundreds of police officers and special police cars were waiting for them. The crowd began throwing stones at the police, who used tear gas to disperse him. At least two protesters were detained. The demonstration ended at half past one in the morning, but there should be a protest in front of Kaczyński’s house tonight.

Poles also demonstrated against the court’s verdict in Poznań, Szczecin, Wroclaw, Łódži or Katowice.

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