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      26 years later, a Croatian court decided to reject a claim that Croatia's 1979 abortion law was unconstitutional. Over a 12-1 vote the request was unsuccessful in Croatia's Court. It is believed the rejection of the claim took long due to Croatia being under communism; Croatia declared their independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, following was a four year war with Serbia. Although, abortion is legal in Croatia, the amount of abortions has dropped approximately from 14,282 abortions in 1995 to 2,992 abortions in 2015. A considerable factor for the statistic is the desire for less children in Europe.
    The author of the article is named Maria Dalgarno, Dalgarno is most likely an advocate for the pro-life movement being the site is dedicated to those who disagree with abortion. I personally believe the claims for abortion being unconstitutional to be valid: abortion is a complex topic, and took me more than a year to form a stance on abortion. I've realized that deciding whether something lives or dies based only off to your convenience is morally bad. Abortion is an unnecessary tactic, there are alternative solutions. That is my stance on abortion.

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