Protesters rip leader for insulting women

Protesters gathered Monday at the home of Poland's ruling party leader to vent anger at what they regard as an erosion of women's rights under his conservative government and a recent remark about women using alcohol.

The protesters who gathered outside Jaroslaw Kaczynski's house spoke out against a near total ban on abortion pushed by his Law and Justice party that took effect last year, as well as policies that discourage in-vitro fertilization procedures.

Women's Strike, a prominent women's rights movement, called people to the streets only after Kaczynski earlier this month blamed Poland's low birthrate partly on young women drinking too much alcohol.

Other demonstrations were taking place in a handful of Polish cities.

Salvatore Laporta/associated Press A house is left standing on the edge of a lethal landslide in Casamicciola, on the southern Italian island of Ischia.