On September 2025, a new health education program of the Polish Ministry of Education for young people aged 10 to 19 began. The program is designed to educate children about healthy lifestyles, stress management, current threats including health misinformation and online safety. It replaced the traditional "family life education" classes, which were based on Catholic doctrine and focused on promoting stable marriage and family procreation. Plans to make the program mandatory were canceled on 15 January 2025 and it became voluntary as a political compromise to avert a coalition crisis. The compromise came after much opposition from the Catholic Church and right-wing groups. In August, the Polish Catholic Church called on parents to exempt their children from participating in the program.