Is the Polish government killing women? - An interview with the Abortion Dream Team
Human Rights in Europe
Amnesty International EAAC
5.0 • 2 Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In our second episode on abortion rights in Europe, Natalia, Justina and Kinga from the Abortion Dream Team talk about their work and experiences as abortion activists in Poland. We take a look at the current reality of abortion law and opportunities for pregnant people in Poland and discuss the case of the 30-year-old Izabela, who died as a result of her difficult pregnancy and who was refused treatment following the abortion ban. We ask ourselves how the abortion law could develop into this precarious situation and consider the situation in Poland in an international comparison of women's rights.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome back to another of our episodes on abortion rights in Europe. |
| 0:12.0 | Today we are taking a more focused view on abortion rights, while in our previous episode |
| 0:17.5 | we presented an EU overview regarding abortion rights. |
| 0:21.6 | In this sense, I'm happy to welcome Natalia, Justina and Kinga from the Abortion Dream Team |
| 0:27.1 | from Poland as our guests today. |
| 0:30.0 | This discussion with your organization active in protecting women's reproductive rights |
| 0:34.6 | since 2006 will tackle important topics regarding the legislative framework |
| 0:39.5 | on abortion in Poland. Poland's reaction to the death of a 30-year-old young woman and many more |
| 0:45.5 | burning issues. I think there are enough to fill a half an hour discussion. In this sense, |
| 0:51.6 | I'm happy to kick off the second podcast as part of our series on abortion |
| 0:55.6 | rise in Europe. |
| 0:56.9 | This series is happening among others in the context of the one-year anniversary of the |
| 1:01.4 | Polish Constitutional Court ruling that legislation on abortion on grounds of severe |
| 1:06.4 | and irreversible fetal effect or incurable illness that threatens the fetus life was incompatible |
| 1:12.6 | with the Polish constitution. This posed in near total ban on seeking abortion in Poland. |
| 1:18.6 | So just to kick off this discussion, I would like to give the floor to our participants |
| 1:26.6 | to give a short overview on themselves. |
| 1:29.3 | Hi, hello everybody. Mira, thank you very much for having us here. We're really glad to be part of the podcast. |
| 1:36.3 | My name is Kinga Yelinska. I am Polish. Obviously, I work and live in Amsterdam for the last 17 years and have been helping in various capacities |
| 1:48.2 | Polish people to have safe abortions despite the stigma law and various barriers. |
| 1:55.9 | And I'm a member of Abortion Dream Team and also I work with women help women. |
| 2:01.6 | Great, thank you. Let's go to Natalia. |
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