Published: 09.10.2013
Decision of the District Court for Warszawa Praga-Południe of September 30th 2013 ended a 10 week lasting drama of Katarzyna Boryc and her family. Two of her children, taken away by the police in July 2013, were released from wrongly ordered foster care. This family tragedy occurred without prior judgment of the court and with flagrant violation of the law by the social care staff and police officers. In early September Ordo Iuris launched its lawsuit intervention program leading before the end of the month to a successful end.
The District Court for Warszawa Praga-Południe acceded to the Ordo Iuris request, indicating no legal ground for holding children in an orphanage. All known facts amounts to the conclusion that children were taken away illegally and without reason. Lawyers are analyzing ways of drawing the legal consequences to persons who are responsible for this flagrant misconduct.
• Gazeta Wyborcza published an article titled "Ordo Iuris Wants the Constitutional Court to Delete the Premise of Endangering a Woman’s Health. Prof.
The Court of Appeals in Lublin, Poland, has upheld the verdict of the Regional Court in Radom, sentencing a gynecologist to one year of imprisonment, suspended for three years. The doctor must also pay PLN 6,000 to the State Treasury in legal costs.
The Ordo Iuris Institute has prepared a guide for hospitals and doctors on how to respond to the Guidelines issued by the Minister of Health and the Attorney General regarding the performance of abortions. According to these Guidelines, the health premise that permits abortion can encompass any aspect of health—both physical and mental—including any health ailment.
• Last Saturday, activists from the Abortion Dream Team opened the AboTak 'abortion clinic' near the Polish Parliament, where Polish law is now set to be openly violated.
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