{"id":251485,"date":"2021-08-18T06:39:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T11:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=251485"},"modified":"2021-09-01T22:56:36","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T03:56:36","slug":"polish-children-pro-life-art-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/polish-children-pro-life-art-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Record-breaking number of Polish children enter pro-life art contest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Polish pro-life coloring contest for children received <\/span>a record number of entries<\/span><\/a>\u00a0this year,\u00a0the third year the Polish Association of Human Life Defenders held the contest. This year’s theme was, “At the beginning there was love – my family.\u201d This year the stakes may have felt a little bit more intense for the organization than in years past.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Poland, a majority Catholic nation, has been under fire recently for its laws protecting preborn children \u2014\u00a0including those with disabilities \u2014\u00a0from abortion. <\/span>In January of this year, as the <\/span>BBC reported,<\/span><\/a> a \u201cnear total abortion ban\u201d went into effect in the pro-life nation, despite the protests of the abortion lobby.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Screenshot: YouTube<\/p><\/div>\n

The <\/span>BBC article notes that<\/span> \u201c<\/span>[a]bortion is now allowed only in cases of rape or incest or when the pregnancy threatens the life of the mother,\u201d and Poland’s move to protect preborn children from deadly discrimination led to many angry protests by pro-abortion citizens.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But many citizens of the country love life, and this drives the annual Polish coloring contest, shining through in the art that the children of Poland create each year. Though some may perceive a pro-life ideology as being \u201canti-abortion\u201d \u2014 the results of the children\u2019s creations show they feel that being pro-life means valuing family, because that is where life begins. A<\/span>s the contest theme says, \u201c<\/span>At the beginning there was love – my family.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Screenshot: YouTube<\/p><\/div>\n

According to the Polish Association of Human Life Defenders\u2019 <\/span>page website<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u2014 via Google Translate \u2014 the objectives of the competition are \u201cencouraging parents and educators to talk to children about the value of the family in their lives; emphasizing the importance of parents and family in shaping the personality of each person; [and] developing children’s artistic talents.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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In a YouTube video,\u00a0<\/span>Magdalena Guziak-Nowak, the director of education for the Polish Association of Defenders of Human Life and also the director of the coloring contest, introduces the young artists and displays their creations. While the video itself is in Polish, one does not have to understand the language to understand the sentiment. It is amazing and uplifting to see the children with their art \u2014 far more than just \u201ccoloring\u201d \u2014 and marvel at the way their young minds perceive the miracle of family creation and value.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n