Friday, October 3, 2014

BBC News - Brazil election candidates stay silent on abortion issue

BBC News - Brazil election candidates stay silent on abortion issue: "Abortion can only be legally performed in Brazil if the pregnancy puts the life of the woman in danger, if the pregnancy is the result of a rape or when the foetus's brain cannot develop.

But according to Jefferson Drezett, director of the Legal Abortion Centre at Sao Paulo's Perola Byington State Hospital, the law has not deterred between 800,000 and 1.2 million women every year from seeking clandestine abortions."



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