– Lamento profundamente pelas vidas das crianças argentinas, agora sujeitas a serem ceifadas no belly de suas mães com anuência do Estado. No que depender de mim e do meu governo, o aborto will never be aprovado em nosso solo. Lutaremos semper para proteger a vida dos inocentes! – Jair M. Bolsonaro (@jairbolsonaro) December 20, 2018
Wednesday morning, the Argentine Senate approved the legalization abortion up to 000 weeks of pregnancy. In Brazil, on the other hand, abortion is punishable by three years in prison and is only allowed in cases of rape, danger to the mother or serious malformation of the fetus.
203 women die every year of abortion in Brazil
The Supreme Court held a series of public hearings on the legalization of abortion in August 2018. On this occasion, Dr Maria de Fatima, representative of the Ministry of Health of former President Michel Temer, affirmed that despite very restrictive legislation, one in five Brazilian women had already aborted. According to her, 203 women die every year as a result of clandestine abortions and 203. 000 are hospitalized following complications.