Croatia: Anti-Abortion Activists Hold Vigils at Hospitals
Croatia: Anti-Abortion Activists Hold Vigils at Hospitals
lthough abortion is legal in Croatia, it is not always easy to have one.
Municipal State Attorney’s Office in Vukovar confirmed today that it had ordered the police to conduct an investigation following the news about prayer vigils being held in front of the Vukovar General Hospital. Investigators want to determine whether any crimes have been committed in this case, announced the State Attorney’s Office, reports Index.hr on October 6, 2016.
Two days ago, the Vukovar branch of the “40 Days for Life” prayer community published on its Facebook page a rather disturbing post which directly endangered the right to choose of a woman who has decided to have an abortion. “We have received information about the arrival of a pregnant woman from a nearby village to have an abortion at the Vukovar Hospital. We ask everybody to join us in large numbers tomorrow in front of the hospital so that we can greet her like a princess and show her how valuable she is and that we are willing to do anything to help her choose life”, wrote the group on Facebook.
Prayer vigils have recently become commonplace in front of hospitals which conduct abortions. In this particular case, not only have the organizers called on activists to gather in front of a hospital, but they also demonstrated that they had received confidential patient information from inside the hospital, since they know who and when is scheduled to have an abortion.
Source: http://www.total-croatia-news.com/item/14353-anti-abortion-activists-hold-vigils-at-hospitals
