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Thousands march for family values, against abortion in Warsaw

20.09.2021 07:30
Some 5,000 people took to the streets of Warsaw at the weekend to voice support for family values and oppose abortion and euthanasia, broadcaster TVP reported.
Marchers in Warsaw on Sunday.
Marchers in Warsaw on Sunday.Photo: PAP/Wojciech Olkuśnik

This year's March for Life and Family in the Polish capital aimed to highlight the role of fathers in the development and well-being of children.

Participants called for traditional Christian values to be upheld while opposing same-sex marriages, state news agency PAP reported.

Marchers also appealed to authorities to "protect families and guarantee the security of marriage as a relationship between a man and woman," according to Paweł Ozdoba, a spokesman for the organizers.

He said the annual march, now in its 16th year, was an opportunity to promote "pro-life values" and call for "full protection of life from conception to natural death."

President Andrzej Duda met with the organizers of the event, voicing support for their cause.

President Andrzej Duda meets with the organizers of the March for Life and Family in Warsaw on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. President Andrzej Duda meets with the organizers of the March for Life and Family in Warsaw on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. Photo: Marek Borawski/KPRP

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Source: TVP, PAP, prezydent.pl