Abstract:This paper focuses on the current wave of "backlash" against women's and sexual rights. It explores recent attempts to implement the conscience clause in the Polish healthcare and education systems. The "Chazan case" (Chazan was the director of a public specialist hospital in Warsaw who refused to provide a legal abortion in Spring 2014 because of a "conflict of conscience") and the proposal to provide teachers who oppose gender equality and sexual education with the right to use the conscience clause are some… Show more
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