Why Polish women are protesting outside the home of one of the country’s most-powerful politicians 

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Jarosław Kaczyński set off a bit of a public firestorm recently when he blamed Poland’s low birth rate on young Polish women and their drinking habits. That’s why women showed up at Kaczyński’s home today to protest those comments. The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry has the story.

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