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This ultra-conservative institute has infiltrated the Polish state, on a relentless quest to ban abortion

Ordo Iuris is an extreme anti-choice group whose founders were ‘inspired’ by a controversial Catholic fundamentalist network. How has it gained so much political power?

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Pro-choice ‘Black Monday’ protester in Krakow, October 2016 | Artur Widak/SIPA USA/PA Images. All rights reserved

On 3 October 2016, despite pouring rain, tens of thousands of women joined ‘Black Monday’ street protests across Poland, demonstrating against a proposed near-total ban on abortion.