{"id":7280,"date":"2016-10-06T11:16:05","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T15:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=7280"},"modified":"2022-02-24T05:34:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T10:34:26","slug":"poland-women-force-historic-u-turn-on-proposed-abortion-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=7280","title":{"rendered":"Poland: Women force historic U-turn on proposed abortion ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; width: 46%;\">\n<p>. HUMAN RIGHTS . <\/p>\n<p>An article from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2016\/10\/poland-women-force-historic-u-turn-on-proposed-abortion-ban\/\">Amnesty International<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The decision by Polish MP\u2019s to reject a proposed amendment to their already restrictive abortion laws is a huge victory for women and girls, said Amnesty International. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWomen in Poland made history today [October 8]. This is a huge victory for the millions of women and girls who mobilized, showed their fury, and successfully blocked a law which would have taken away their rights and endangered their health,\u201d said Gauri van Gulik, Amnesty International\u2019s Deputy Director for Europe.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Poland.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Poland-300x199.png\" alt=\"Poland\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Poland-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Poland.png 739w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;More hell for women!&#8221;<br \/>\nClick on image to enlarge<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough standing up for their rights they have forced Poland\u2019s normally intransigent government to reconsider further restrictions to an abortion law that is already one of the most restrictive in Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe salute all the inspirational women and girls who stood in the rain, raised their voices and went on strike on Monday to stand up for their rights.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA woman who needs an abortion is not a criminal and decisions about her body and her health should never be placed in the hands of politicians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After yesterday\u2019s hastily organised session, which most civil society organisations were unable to attend, the Parliamentary Committee rejected the bill and the Parliament\u2019s plenary rejected it this morning as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 46%;\">Question related to this article:<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 46%;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 46%;\">\n<p align=\"justify\">\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=26416\">Abortion: is it a human right?<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. HUMAN RIGHTS . An article from Amnesty International The decision by Polish MP\u2019s to reject a proposed amendment to their already restrictive abortion laws is a huge victory for women and girls, said Amnesty International. \u201cWomen in Poland made history today [October 8]. This is a huge victory for the millions of women and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=7280\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Poland: Women force historic U-turn on proposed abortion ban<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,13],"tags":[33],"class_list":["post-7280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-europe","category-human-rights","tag-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}