⁍ Thousands have gathered across Poland daily since the Constitutional Tribunal further limited Poland’s already restrictive abortion laws.

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⁍ The lightning bolt has become a symbol for the protests, with marchers painting it on their faces, face masks, hands and posters, and spray painting it on walls and sidewalks.

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⁍ Asia Olejniczak, a baker in Warsaw, is expressing her support by baking bread loaves emblazoned with the protesters’ new symbol: a lighting bolt.

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– The lightning bolt has become a symbol of the abortion protests sweeping Poland, with marchers painting it on walls and sidewalks and spray-painting it on their faces. “They could all go on the street and I couldn’t be there, so I’m baking them bread and I will sell it in support of them,” says Warsaw baker Asia Olejniczak. She’s selling lightning-themed loaves of bread with lightning bolts stenciled on the top, and says demand is so high that she’s running out. “We’ve already sold over 1,000 napoleonki … we are running out of them everyday so we bake as much as we can,” says another baker. The owners of the Polish Lukullus pastry chain, meanwhile, are selling Napoleon desserts with lightning bolts stenciled on the top. “They’re taking away the rights of women to decide for themselves, they are denying minorities their humanity, they’re doing it officially,” says one. “What will happen next? They’ll stop us for running our business because of our sexual orientation or because we don’t go to church?”