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http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20201026-110925-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/a-dubious-judgment-by-a-dubious-court/ A Dubious Judgment by a Dubious Court - The abortion judgment by the Polish Constitutional Tribunal Rakowska-Trela, Anna eng 2020-10-24 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Abortion Polish Constitutional Tribunal Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 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.