2020–2021 women's strike protests in Poland
The 2020–2021 women's strike protests in Poland, commonly called the Women's Strike, 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 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. All-Poland Women's Strike was charged by the authorities for having illegally organised the protests.
Image: 02020 0361 (2) Proteste in Polen gegen Verschärfung des Abtreibungsgesetzes, "Die Hölle für Frauen" (cropped)
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Road blockade in Kraków, 26 October 2020
9 November 2020 protest against Minister of Science and Education Przemysław Czarnek at the local education administrative office in Toruń.
Constitutional Tribunal (Poland)
The Constitutional Tribunal is the constitutional court of the Republic of Poland, a judicial body established to resolve disputes on the constitutionality of the activities of state institutions; its main task is to supervise the compliance of statutory law with the Constitution of the Republic of Poland.
The seat of the Tribunal, Warsaw
The seat of the Tribunal, Warsaw (2006)
Demonstration organized by the KOD, 18 December 2016
The Grand Courtroom, in which the Court adjudicates in its full composition