nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20201026-110925-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 201024s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20201026-110925-0 doi eng 342 23 Rakowska-Trela, Anna Author aut A Dubious Judgment by a Dubious Court The abortion judgment by the Polish Constitutional Tribunal Rakowska-Trela, Anna Verfassungsblog 2020-10-24 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 22 October 2020 Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal, dominated by judges appointed under the procedure introduced by the ruling right-wing populist PiS party, has determined that abortion due to foetal defects is unconstitutional, rejecting the most common of the few legal grounds for pregnancy termination. This ruling is very controversial and caused civil disquiet and protests. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 Abortion Polish Constitutional Tribunal Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/a-dubious-judgment-by-a-dubious-court/ raw object