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Added on the 14/06/2023 18:49:23 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Protesters denouncing a near-total ban on abortion gather at the Warsaw headquarters of the governing right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party. IMAGES
Texas was blocking the free will of its female population with its 2013 regulations on abortion. Gladly, The Supreme Court just struck down this law, making the future of young women a brighter one.
Poles take to the streets of Warsaw on International Women's Day to demand free access to contraceptives. Although pro-Western parties managed to oust the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) government in October 2023 elections, women are voicing anger and frustration over delays in changing the laws on women's reproductive rights. The PiS's eight-year rule saw access to abortion, in-vitro fertilisation and emergency contraception tightened. IMAGES
People protest outside the Russian Embassy in Warsaw following the announcement of Alexei Navalny’s death. The Russian Prison Service (FSIN) has said Navalny, the Kremlin's most prominent critic, died in an Arctic prison where he was serving a 19-year sentence, after suffering a sudden illness. Some participants are seen holding placards that read "Putin is a killer". IMAGES
Australians brave the pouring rain in Sydney to protest for abortion rights, a week after the US Supreme Court's landmark decision to reverse its 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that enshrined abortion rights at the federal level. IMAGES