Tag: Abortion

‘No hypocrisy - unsafe abortion kills the poor every day’ and ‘For women’s lives’. Signs held in support of legal abortion during a march in São Paulo | MIGUEL SCHINCARIOL/AFP via Getty Images

Abortion: Pro-choice Forces in Brazil Are Being Threatened by Christian Radicals and the Ultra-right

Brazil’s Supreme Court has postponed a debate on decriminalizing early-term abortion, leading feminists and ...

President elect Jair Bolsonaro talks to the nation after his victory is announced - Social Networks

Will Brazil’s New President Rule as a Radical? Evidence from the US Says Yes

After the most polarized and divisive campaign in its modern history, Brazil has elected ...

From "Abortion Movie" by Lincoln Péricles, 2016

The Case to Legalize Abortion in Brazil While Congress Tries to Ban It

I met “Mariana,” a 20-year-old Brazilian woman, in Paraíba state, almost a year ago ...

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Brazil’s Austerity and a Turn to the Right Restrict Women’s Reproductive Rights

  Late last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the Zika virus ...

Elections: Brazil Debates Abortion While Letting Kids Die After They Are Born

It is not surprising that the issue of abortion, sexuality, and Christian faith is ...

Rousseff and Serra Hide Their Pro Choice Leaning to Win Brazil Presidency

Dilma Rousseff, the woman handpicked by Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to ...

5,000 Women a Year Die from Botched Abortions in Brazil. Blame It on the Church

It should come as no surprise that a country whose population is 74% Roman ...