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Brazil
Abortion is only legal in Brazil for two reasons, if the life
of the mother is in danger and to kill a child that is the result of rape [1].
The punishment for a woman to perform an abortion on herself or consenting to an abortion
is one to three years imprisonment [2]. If the abortion causes any harm to the woman
the punishment increases by one-third and if the abortion causes the death of the woman
than the punishment is double [3].
Abortion proponents have been trying to change the law to
include any deformed or retarded baby but have not yet been successful.
1. Reed Boland, The Current Status of Abortion
Laws in Latin America: Prospects and Strategies for Change, The Journal of Law,
Medicine and Ethics, vol. 21, issue 69, Spring 1993.
2. Penal Code, Special Pt., Title I - Crimes Against the Person, ch. I - Crimes Against
Life, at Article 124.
3. Penal Code, Special Pt., Title I - Crimes Against
the Person, ch. I - Crimes Against Life, at Article 127.
Last Updated: 11/03/06
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