ban – The Barricade

Polish Catholic fundamentalism has claimed another woman’s life

Boyan Stanislavski
Gender issues
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Another tragic victim of Poland's new anti-abortion laws died at the end of January 2021. Agnieszka died in the hospital as a result of twin pregnancy complications. Her life could have been saved if she...

Poland is a women’s hell following last year’s abortion ban

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Gender issues
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In this episode, Maria Cernat and Boyan Stanislavski will discuss the tragic death of a young Polish woman with a dying fetus who was denied abortion and died of septic shock. The public learned about...

Polish fundamentalist barbarism bears fruit: a young woman died as a result of the abortion ban en..

Boyan Stanislavski
Gender issues
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A 30-year-old woman who was 22 weeks pregnant died on September 22, 2021, at the Pszczyna County Hospital. On admission, PROM was diagnosed, and fetal malformations were confirmed. The fetus died while in the hospital....

Polish right-wingers are getting carried away. They now want to outlaw abortion in the Czech Repub..

Boyan Stanislavski
Czechia
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There does not appear to be a more appropriate way to describe the Polish embassy's March letter to the Czech Ministry of Health. It was signed by Antoni Wręga, the Polish chargé d'affaires in Prague....

“Never again fascism!”

Nikolay Draganov
Bulgaria
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A march entitled "No Nazis on our streets" was held for another year in Sofia. Anarchist and other left-wing organizations from the country gathered in the center of the capital and held a joint anti-fascist...

Over 100 people protested before the Polish embassy in Bucharest

Maria Cernat
Gender issues
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More than 100 people, most of them Poles, protested before the embassy of their country in Bucharest on Friday evening, 30 October. At that time, Warsaw saw more than 100,000 people demonstrating against the Constitutional...

Polish society reacts against catholic fundamentalism

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Gender issues
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In their 25 October 2020 podcast "On the Barricades" Maria Cernat and Boyan Stanislavski discussed the Polish top court ruling to ban abortions due to fetal defects and how the public has reacted. Boyan Stanislavsky...

Top Court in Poland Bans Abortions Due to Foetal Defects

Polish women will be forced to give birth to foetuses with congenital defects. Maria Cernat discusses the situation in Poland with Karolina Więckiewicz, a feminist and activist who is a member of the Aborcyiny Dream...

Poland does not deserve a single woman or a child

Boyan Stanislavski
Gender issues
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Poland's Constitutional Tribunal ruled today that abortion on the grounds of foetal defects contravenes the constitution, thus setting up a legal framework for a total ban on pregnancy termination. Due to the huge abortion restrictions...

Another return

Boyan Stanislavski
Ecology
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Returning to Poland is never easy. I've written about that many times in a very pessimistic tone. However this time, it's different I spent a week in Bulgaria, where of course one is still forced...