Tens of thousands of people in Poland walked off the job and out of their classrooms on Monday to protest a total abortion ban that their government was considering. The Polish bill to ban abortion outright was inspired by a pro-life petition that had been signed by 100,000 people and backed by the Catholic Church. The proposed law would have banned all abortions in Poland, even in pregnancies that resulted from rape. Women across Poland took to the streets wearing all black to protest the bill. The legislation, which went one step beyond Poland's current strict abortion law, collapsed this week following the "Black Monday" protest.