Croatia Abortion

Croatia Abortion

Croatia Sees Number of Abortions Fall, No Longer Outnumber Births of Children

Zagreb, Croatia (LifeNews.com) -- The number of abortions in Croatia continues to fall as it has for the last nine years and abortions no longer outnumber births of children as they once did. The Croatian Department of Public Health statistics show there were 10,417 abortions last year, although the figure also includes the number of miscarriages.

The government of the eastern European nation says 4,450 abortions were done at the request of women while the rest are a combination of abortions done supposedly for medical reasons and miscarriages.

The Croatia Times says the abortion rate has fallen to the point that it is now lower than some of its European neighbors.

The newspaper says the rate is now 101.4 abortions for every 1,000 live births in Croatia, lower than the 215.4 in the Czech Republic, 167.7 in Germany, 444.6 in Hungary, and 227.3 in Slovania. Ref. Source 7