Future mother could be a machine

*“We do not agree with the appropriation of our body”, “This is pure barbarism”, “This is women’s hell”, “I would rather abort my government”.* I read these slogans on my friends’ Facebook posts last autumn. And it was not so much the slogans that shocked me, as the fact who posted them.

“I can't afford it.” "I'm afraid of the climate crisis and poverty, and the future is uncertain." "Who said we should all have children?" These are just a few of the statements from Poles in their thirties who do not have children.

Two of her sisters were admitted into mental hospital wards. A neighbour girl committed suicide at a later age. Hanna* has seen much psychological distress in her surroundings. She gives an insight into her situation as a family member of a psychiatric patient.