RT Decries Poland's Abortion Ban, Ignores Its Own
State-backed RT breathlessly covers the European Court of Human Rights ruling against Poland for forcing a woman to travel abroad for an abortion. It’s a powerful story of bodily autonomy denied, a stark reminder of government infringement on personal freedoms. (Shocking, truly.) The article meticulously details the financial award and the court's indictment of Poland's 'climate of fear.' A shame
RT's investigative zeal doesn't extend to, say, Russia's own recent moves to severely restrict abortion access, effectively removing private clinics and limiting drug availability since 2023. Or the fact that an entire reproductive rights movement has been suppressed there for decades. This selective outrage serves a geopolitical purpose: delegitimize rivals while conveniently overlooking one's
own glass house of human rights abuses. When RT champions reproductive rights, one has to wonder if it's for women's autonomy, or just to score points against Western-aligned nations. The silence on their own government’s crackdown speaks louder than any article on Poland.