In an interview for Polsat News, President Andrzej Duda broke his silence on the protests in Poland and referred to the situation surrounding the Constitutional Court’s verdict on abortion law.
“I am deeply saddened by this situation. I will say immediately that I understand the protesting women. I understand the situation even though everyone knows my views and are aware that I oppose eugenic abortion,” he said.
Duda explained that at first, when he heard about the verdict from the court that found eugenic abortion unconstitutional, he was pleased.
Shocking video from protests in Poland: Children chant, ‘Hey, hey, abortion is okay!’
“There has never been such an obtuse, vulgar mob which is deprived of the moral rules of civilized people,” wrote author Jacek Piekara on Twitter in response to the protests
Poland officially bans eugenic abortion
The “Women’s Strike” held protests in a few Polish cities on Wednesday evening
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“No matter what someone says or thinks – abortion means killing a child,” President Andrzej Duda declared in an interview for Polsat News television channel
Polish women organize movement in support of pro-life and Catholic values
In opposition to a wave of pro-abortion protests, many women are supporting the lives of unborn children and stand in defense of traditional Polish values and churches
Poland’s ruling conservatives need united message on abortion protests
The ruling party is sending out contradictory messages which will lead to a further rise in tensions, warns Rzeczpospolita daily columnist Michał Szułdrzyński
Polish professor: ‘Christ is being viciously attacked because the Polish Church is still alive’
While Church officials sit behind their desks and write letters, secular Catholics are fulfilling Pope Francis’s call to act, says Professor Grzegorz Kucharczyk of the Historical Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN)
Polls show Poland’s ruling conservative party loses massive amount of support after Warsaw sees 100,000 pro-abortion protesters
Polish celebrities and Instagram ‘stars’ cash in on Polish Women’s Strike over abortion
Female Polish influencers lament new abortion restrictions while plugging different products
Polish PM Morawiecki urges pro-abortion protesters to cease aggression
PM Mateusz Morawiecki declared that the government will act against riots in the streets as they destroy social order
Conservatives must defend Poland’s churches from violent protesters, says PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński
“Attacks on churches are being carried out. This is a terrible and new event on this scale in Polish history,” Kaczyński said.
VIDEO: Polish patriots and football fans defend St. Alexander’s Church in Warsaw against leftist attacks
The aggression of left-wing protesters in Poland is rising
Polish liberal opposition demands election re-run after losing to Duda
Despite previously promising to accept the results of the presidential elections, Rafał Trzaskowski’s staff have filed an election protest to the Supreme Court (SN)