Polish leader blames low birthrate on women using alcohol

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A women’s rights group in Poland has urged people to demonstrate after the country’s ruling party leader claimed that the country’s low birthrate is partly caused by young women drinking too much alcohol. Opposition politicians and other critics accused Jaroslaw Kaczynski, a 73-year-old bachelor, of being out of touch. They also argue that Kaczynski, the most powerful politician in Poland since 2015, is himself partly responsible for the the low birthrate in the central European nation of 38 million people. Kaczynski has pushed for tighter restrictions on abortion that have discouraged some women from seeking to get pregnant.