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Abortion rights activists march against an anti-abortion congressional bill, along Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, June 15, 2024
WOMEN rallied in Sao Paulo and other Brazilian cities on Saturday to oppose a law that would treat abortions after over 22 weeks’ pregnancy as homicide cases.
Opponents call the law, proposed by Liberal Party MP Sostenes Cavalcanti, the “rapists’ Bill” because they say pregnancies resulting from child rape are often noticed after this date.
Under the slogan “a child is not a mother,” feminist and socialist groups have flooded social media and mobilised street protests. Sao Paulo saw the biggest weekend protest, with an estimated 10,000 marching.
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NORMA AUSTIN HART reports from a conference on on the rights of women prisoners in the Scottish criminal justice system
As peers prepare to debate reform of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi leads a bid to end the criminalisation of women who end pregnancies at home. LYNNE WALSH reports
