Zagreb, March 25, 2025 (AFP) - Anti-abortion group's 'baby box' stirs Croatia row

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A "baby box" for abandoned newborns has sparked a row in staunchly Catholic Croatia with women's rights groups calling for its removal, saying it is an illegal "Trojan horse" for anti-abortion campaigners. The modern form of the medieval "foundling wheel" -- where unwanted babies were left at churches -- was built into a convent wall in February in a quiet Zagreb neighbourhood. Motion sensors set off an alarm on the mobile phones of the nuns insi......

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