Under the bill, a woman could decide to terminate her pregnancy within the first 90 days, should there exist indications of serious danger to her physical or mental well-being. The situation was different in the former Communist European countries belonging to the Eastern Block. The right to seek for an abortion was based on the human right to freely decide on childbirth as proclaimed at the Teheran Conference in 1968. The Constitution of the former Yugoslavia in 1974 established the human right to freely decide on childbirth. During the first ten weeks there are no obstacles for the abortion.
Abortion is treated as a medical intervention which depends on the personal woman's choice.
Recent negative demographic trends in the Republic of Croatia caused panic in some conservative political structures supported by the Roman Catholic Church. The positive abortion law in Croatia was criticized and many populist pro-life campaigns started. The draft prescribes that the costs will no longer be covered by the national health security system. Similar trends were noticed in the post communist Hungary. The hitherto liberal abortion law was made more strict in order to protect the fetus.