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Abortion in Brazil — Wikipedia (en)

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Abortion in Brazil in permitted by law in three situations: (1) to save the woman's life, (2) when the pregnancy is the result of rape, and (3), if the fetus is anencephalic. In cases that fall under these three situations, abortion is guaranteed and performed free of charge by the Unified Health System (SUS). Cases that do not fall under these are considered a crime, with penalties range from one to three years of imprisonment for the recipient of the abortion, and one to four years of imprisonment for the doctor or any other person(s) who performs the abortion on someone else. The debate on abortion is highly polarized. The pro-choice side argues that decriminalizing abortion on all fronts is a matter of public health and women's rights, as the latter considers the autonomy women have over their bodies. On the pro-life side, they argue that decriminalizing abortion is an affront to human life. There is also opposition from various religious groups with political influence on politicians, officials and ministers. The current law has resulted in women seeking clandestine methods to perform abortion, further risking them. The Economist wrote in 2026 that there is little prospect for legalizing abortion, as politicians consider the topic "radioactive" and a declining public support for decriminalization. In 2024, a bill that would punish abortions performed after 22 weeks up to 20 years in prison was being rushed in the Congress before protesters stalled it. The punishment for a woman who performs an abortion on herself or consents to an abortion performed by another outside these legal exceptions is one to three years of detention. The base penalty for a third party that performs an illegal abortion with the consent of the patient, ranges from one to four years of detention, with the possibility of increase by a third if the woman comes to any physical harm, and can be doubled if she dies. Criminal penalties fixed at four years or less can be converted to non-incarceration punishments, such as community service and compulsory donation to charity. Brazil is a signatory of the American Human Rights Convention, also called the Pact of San José. The Convention grants the right to life to human embryos, "in general, from the moment of conception", and has a legal status on a par with the Constitution in Brazilian Law. The Civil Code of Brazil also provides rights to fetuses and embryos. In a 2008 case, however, the Supreme Federal Court ruled, by a 6–5 vote, that the right to life applies only to intrauterine embryos, and that frozen embryos not eligible to a uterus transfer do not hold fundamental rights and may be used for research purposes. In 2012, the Supreme Court also authorized the abortion of anencephalic fetuses. On November 29, 2016, the Supreme Court in Brazil ruled in a non-binding decision that "abortion should not be a crime when performed in the first three months of pregnancy". This ruling was controversial because the Brazilian govern

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Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «Abortion in Brazil» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_Brazil
Wikidata Q2340960: «overview of the legality and prevalence of abortions in Brazil» (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2340960
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