100,000 demonstrate for abortion rights in Poland – By Christen McCurdy (UPI) / Oct 31 2020
Oct. 31 (UPI) — Tens of thousands of women converged on Warsaw Friday to protest a court decision that would ban nearly all abortions in Poland.
Crowds of women flooded the streets, wearing the red lightning bolt that has become the icon of the movement and playing music that included Darth Vader‘s theme from Star Wars.
Friday’s demonstrations were the culmination of more than a week of protests believed to be the largest since the Solidarity movement in the 1980s that led to the collapse of communism.
Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski estimated that more than 100,000 people rallied Friday, while protest organizers said the number of demonstrators was closer to 150,000.
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