The movement is in stark contrast to Croatia’s recent past, when it was part of the former Yugoslavia, a Communist-run country that protected abortion rights in its constitution 50 years ago.
As a result, many women have traveled to neighboring Slovenia for an abortion over the years.
Pushed forward by a women’s organization born out of World War II, the right to abortion was later included in Yugoslavia’s constitution.
Elsewhere in the former Yugoslavia, Serbia and Slovenia have included the freedom to choose whether to have children in their constitutions.
Bosnia’s women can legally obtain abortion during the first 10 weeks of pregnancy, though economic impediments exist in the impoverished, post-war country.
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