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“A woman should follow her own conscience”: understanding Catholic involvement in demonstrations against the abortion ban in Poland.

Alternative title:: „Kobieta powinna decydować w swoim sumieniu” – o katolickimi zaangażowaniu w protesty przeciwko zakazowi aborcji w Polsce

Abstract:: In October 2020, a ruling by Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal effectively ending legal abortion incited mass protests across the country. Despite the demonstrations being directed at both the government and the Catholic Church, many devout Catholics joined the protests against the Church’s opposition to family planning being enacted through state-imposed prohibition.
Drawing on ongoing archival and ethnographic research, in this paper we address a number of issues relating to Catholicism and abortion: how it is possible that so many Catholics decided to take part in pro-choice marches openly opposing official Catholic teaching on birth control? What were their motivations?

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Koscianska, A. Z., Kosiorowska, A., & Pomian, N. (2021). “A woman should follow her own conscience”: understanding Catholic involvement in demonstrations against the abortion ban in Poland. . LUD, 105, 12–43.

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Koscianska, A. Z., et al. “‘A Woman Should Follow Her Own Conscience’: Understanding Catholic Involvement in Demonstrations against the Abortion Ban in Poland. .” LUD, vol. 105, Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika/Nicolaus Copernicus University, 2021, pp. 12–43.

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Koscianska, AZ, A Kosiorowska, and N Pomian. 2021. “‘A Woman Should Follow Her Own Conscience’: Understanding Catholic Involvement in Demonstrations against the Abortion Ban in Poland. .” LUD 105: 12–43.
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+ Koscianska, AZ More by this author

Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: HUMS
Department:: Medieval & Modern Languages Faculty
Sub department:: Russian & Other Slavonic Lang
Role:: Author

+ Kosiorowska, A More by this author

Role:: Author
ORCID:: 0000-0002-9033-3284

+ Pomian, N More by this author

Role:: Author
ORCID:: 0000-0002-6441-8946

Publisher:: Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika/Nicolaus Copernicus University
Journal:: LUD More from this journal
Volume:: 105
Pages:: 12-43
Publication date:: 2021-12-22
Acceptance date:: 2021-11-15
DOI:: 10.12775/lud105.2021.01
EISSN:: 2719-8057
ISSN:: 0076-1435

Language:: English and Polish
Keywords:: Poland

Catholicism,

FFR

katolicyzm

protest

abortion

Polska

aborcja
Pubs id:: 1249143
Local pid:: pubs:1249143
Deposit date:: 2022-04-01

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Copyright holder:: Kościańska et al.
Copyright date:: 2021
Rights statement:: ©2021 Agnieszka Kościańska, Agnieszka Kosiorowska, Natalia Pomian Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Licence:: CC Attribution (CC BY)

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