Today I saw the news about Lela – a woman, who is 15 weeks pregnant and is being denied life-saving treatment. Right now she's being fed by the tube due to the horrendous state her digestive system is in.
I'm a young polish woman and this is so wrong. I know that there are so many reasons as to why our birth rate is declining but this situation sparked something in me: helplessness.
I have been attending Black Protests since 2016. Hearing all the time, that the ban would never happen, that no woman would die, that it's only a substitute topic for real issues.
I suppose after 2020, when everyone lost their power to fight, it was replaced with apathy. When I talk with people who have children they tell me horror stories about their pregnancy experience. I know maybe two couples in my friends circle that want to have children one day. It's just safer not to.
As for now at least 7 women had died, one was sent to psych ward isolation and her doctor is being trashed until this day. Please, don't forget them.
Izabela from Pszczyna (2021)
Anna from Świdnica (2021)
Agnieszka from Częstochowa (2022)
Marta from Katowice (2022)
Justyna from Wodzisław Śląski (2022)
Dorota from Bochnia (2023)
Marta from Gdańsk (2024)
There are not many sources for non-polish speaking people as the case is fresh, but I guess you can read something more here (if someone has a better source let me know): https://sign.myvoice-mychoice.org/forms/solidarity-with-lela-eng
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