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June 14, 2024

Reproductive Rights Groups Protest as Brazilian Lawmakers Advance Anti-Abortion Bill
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In Brazil, protesters took the streets on Thursday after lawmakers
advanced a bill this week that would equate all abortions with homicide
if performed after the 22nd week of gestation, with punishments of up to
20 years in prison. This is Rio Councilmember Mônica Benício.

Mônica Benício: "We will not accept a setback. We will not accept a
conservative government negotiating spurious policies over our lives. We
will continue to advance until legal abortion is a guaranteed right in
Brazil."

Abortion is only legal in Brazil in cases of rape, anencephaly or a
life-threatening risk to the patient.


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