Adlesic told reporters after the meeting that she and representatives of the NGOs had agreed to organise a round table debate at which experts, politicians and women's NGOs would discuss medically assisted fertilisation.
Women fear losing the rights acquired a hundred years ago, Adlesic said, adding that by this she meant the right to abortion.
Croatia has recently seen heated debates about the abolishment of the right to abortion which is advocated by the church and some conservative circles as well as reports about wrongdoings in medically assisted fertilisation.
The "Roda" association of parents on Tuesday launched the signing of a petition by which it urged sending to parliament for discussion a bill on medically assisted fertilisation, said Ivana Zanze, adding that the petition had been signed by more than 500 people.
Sanja Sarnavka of the B.a.B.e. women's association said this was the right time for women to "ask themselves what the climate we have been witnessing for the past several months will actually result in for women".
"This is an attack on women, because on the one hand attempts are being made to ban abortion to improve the demographic situation in Croatia, while on the other hand women who undergo radical medical treatment... in order to become mothers are said to be giving birth to things, and damaged ones to boot," said Sarnavka, alluding to claims by some church dignitaries and conservative circles opposing medically assisted fertilisation.
Sanja Juras of the lesbian association "Kontra" advocated the right of every woman to undergo medically assisted fertilisation, and Neva Tolle of the Autonomous Women's House from Zagreb said that abortion should be made accessible to all women regardless of their financial status.
HSLS president Ivan Cehok said that everybody had the right to express their own opinion, including the Church, but that they had no right to interfere with legislative procedure. The Church does not belong in schools, parliament, and public institutions, Cehok said.