Black women are 46 percent more likely to have an abortion than white women, across all ages. This means that, for every 10 white women who have an abortion, some 15 black women face the same situation, as per the study Abortion and Race in Brazil, 2016 to 2021.
The study, coordinated by Diniz, indicates that more than half (52%) of all women who had an abortion were 19 years old or younger when they had their first abortion.
In a statement signed by multiple ministries, the declaration is said to have “a limiting understanding of sexual and reproductive rights and the concept of family.”
In a statement made Monday (Nov. 5), Brazil’s President-Elect Jair Bolsonaro argued for any advancement, “however small,” in the country’s pension reform still this year.
Of the 53 people and organizations to debate the decriminalization of abortion in Brazil at public hearings to be held at the country’s Supreme Court Friday (Aug. 3) and Monday (6), 33 are expected to argue for turning the procedure legal—62 percent of the total.
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