Thousands of Polish women go on strike to protest abortion ban
 

Thousands of Polish women go on strike to protest abortion ban
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Women in Poland are waging a nationwide strike boycotting school and jobs to protest the introduction of a total ban on abortion.*

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In an event dubbed "Black Monday," thousands of women avoided workplaces and schools, and businesses closed their doors to protest a new law that would criminalise all terminations in Poland.*

Women took both paid and unpaid leave as part of the protest, and strikers staged a picket line — named the "Wall of Fury" — under the right wing Law and Justice party's headquarters.

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Polish women at a demonstration in Warsaw on Monday.

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