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a war has erupted on the streets of
warsaw
are you angry yes we're very angry as
two cultures collide
they are scared they fear they are
losing the power
as a woman they don't respect me
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this is protest hq these women are
plotting their next fight against a new
law
in poland which bans nearly all abortion
i was surprised
i didn't expect it but they did it
i was a little bit sad but immediately i
started thinking what
tonight they're trying to protest
directly outside the parliament
it's not easy because as you see the
whole parliament is surrounded by
barriers so
it looks impossible thousands of police
have been brought in to stop the protest
they block every turn the police
is reacting more aggressively in recent
days so we are getting used to things
that shouldn't happen to people yeah
poland already has some of the strictest
abortion laws in europe
but this new law bans them even in cases
where the fetus is malformed
and the baby will die after burn
it was difficult but finally we managed
to get together
we managed to group everybody here it's
like a party
yeah because it's a progress of young
people they love to
they love to sing they love to dance
shocked by this backlash the government
has delayed the ban
leaving women and doctors in limbo i am
really tired i don't have time to
sleep or cook and everything is closed
so it's hard
dr pozinska is one of the few doctors
still performing terminations
many hospitals have already stopped for
fear of breaking the law are you afraid
actually i am not i don't know why but
but
yeah i am not afraid i i feel
deeply inside that i am doing uh right
things
so i hope that the karma will
save me and i will i won't go to jail
we'll see
we meet one of her patients hi how are
you 21 weeks pregnant
her fetus is missing vital organs and
won't survive
but she's been turned away by three
hospitals
move
poland is a deeply catholic country
so many people here don't agree with
abortion for religious reasons
the government has portrayed abortion as
an attack
on traditional family life and even on
the country's faith
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this is the dabowski family and they
support the government
and its plans
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is being trusted
but despite the conservative attitudes
here this ban has been met with
surprising resistance
have you picked the wrong fight no
definitely not this is uh this is a good
fight because we wanted to
we want human life to be protected and
so we are
very open about this i am sorry if that
if anyone is offended by it but
actually we will not be apologizing for
it
as the weeks pass this battle has
intensified
the authorities are cracking down
tonight a pensioner is dragged off the
street
others are beaten and pepper sprayed
including clementine
why are the authorities reacting so
strongly to your protests
because they are scared they fear they
are losing the power
are you going to win this fight we are
winning
it doesn't look like but we are what
makes you say that
look at her she's 17
and there are more 17 years old
and those guys are old and they will die
one day
at least if we think about it this way
we can be sure we win