What’s Current: On ‘Black Monday,’ thousands of Polish women are on strike in protest of push to further restrict abortion laws

Protest against plans for a total ban on abortion in front of the ruling party Law and Justice (PiS) headquarters in WarsawKacper (See more photos at International Business Times. Image: Pempel/Reuters)
Protest against plans for a total ban on abortion in front of the ruling party Law and Justice (PiS) headquarters in WarsawKacper (See more photos at International Business Times. Image: Pempel/Reuters)

“Black Monday”: Thousands of women are on strike today in Poland in protest of right-wing government’s push to further restrict abortion laws.

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Happy six year anniversary, AF3IRM! Solidarity, sisters!

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Meghan Murphy is a freelance writer and journalist from Vancouver, BC. She has been podcasting and writing about feminism since 2010 and has published work in numerous national and international publications, including The Spectator, UnHerd, Quillette, the CBC, New Statesman, Vice, Al Jazeera, The Globe and Mail, and more. Meghan completed a Masters degree in the department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at Simon Fraser University in 2012 and is now exiled in Mexico with her very photogenic dog.