Brazilian Woman Arrested for Having an Abortion

Series: Women defend what's theirs: the female body

Brazil

Summary

More often than not, prohibiting abortions simply leads to a growth in backstreet abortions and other equally dangerous methods of terminating a pregnancy. In Brazil, it's still religion which dictates abortion laws.

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