Croatian lawmakers from nine different political parties have called for a parliamentary inquiry into ‘crisis pregnancy centres’ following an openDemocracy special investigation that revealed numerous examples of “deliberate disinformation” targeting vulnerable women around the world.
This month, openDemocracy released the results of a nine-month, eighteen-country investigation into these centres, run by religious groups, that seek to reach women considering abortions and stop them from making that choice. Many of these centres also oppose contraception.
Croatia was one of the countries in this investigation which sent undercover reporters to dozens of these centres internationally. Many of these reporters were told similar things, including that abortion increases women’s risks of getting cancer (which most experts agree is unsupported by evidence).
