• The European Court of Human Rights has upheld a complaint by a same-sex couple whose Polish registry office refused to register a marriage contracted in the United Kingdom. This is the fourth judgment in which the ECHR indicates that Poland has an obligation to ensure that same-sex couples can formalize their cohabitation.

In response to the liberal left’s self-proclaimed “militant democracy” in Poland and

• Over 30,000 signatures were submitted by the Ordo Iuris Institute and the Center for Life and Family urging President Duda to veto the “hate speech” law passed by the Polish parliament on March 26.

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.

• On March 6, the Polish Sejm passed a new law that criminalizes so-called hate speech.