Women walk out of church as priest reads anti-abortion letter [View all]

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Women walk out of church as priest reads anti-abortion letter
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The letter was read out as the Catholic Church in Poland launched its campaign in support of proposed legislation to ban abortion.

WOMEN WALKED OUT of a church service in Poland as protests against a proposed tightening of already strict abortion laws took place across the country yesterday.

The group left the Roman Catholic church in Gdansk as a priest read out a letter supporting the ban.


The message from Poland’s Catholic bishops, presented at churches nationwide, called on lawmakers to back the proposal being considered by Poland’s right-wing government.

The move would tighten what are already some of Europe’s most restrictive laws on pregnancy termination. Current legislation, dating from 1993, already bans all terminations except when pregnancy results from rape or incest, poses a health risk to the mother, or if the foetus is severely deformed.



http://www.thejournal.ie/women-walk-out-church-poland-abortion-protest-2697097-Apr2016/