2020–2021 women's strike protests in Poland
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The 2020–2021 women's strike protests in Poland, commonly called the Women's Strike (Polish: Strajk Kobiet), were anti-government demonstrations and protests in Poland that began on 22 October 2020, in reaction to a ruling of the Constitutional Tribunal, mainly consisting of judges who were appointed by the ruling Law and Justice (Polish: Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS) dominated United Right, which tightened the law on abortion in Poland. The ruling made almost all cases of abortion illegal, including those cases in which the foetus had a severe and permanent disability, or an incurable and life-threatening disease.[37][38] All-Poland Women's Strike was charged by the authorities for having illegally organised the protests.[39]
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Women's Strike (Polish: Strajk Kobiet) Part of the Polish constitutional crisis | |||
Date | 22 October 2020 – 27 January 2021 | ||
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Caused by | The Constitutional Tribunal's decision finding abortion in cases of "disability or incurable illness" to be unconstitutional in the country | ||
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On the evening of 22 October 2020, a wave of mass protests in opposition to the ruling commenced.[40] In the biggest protest in the country since the end of the People's Republic during the revolutions of 1989,[41][42] protesters opposed the interference of the Roman Catholic Church in public matters, and opposed the domination of all three branches of government by the ruling coalition.[43]