Protests on Sunday against bill equating abortion with murder
Hundreds of protesters gathered on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday morning (Jun. 23) to demand the immediate shelving of Bill 1904/24. The bill equates abortion after 22 weeks of gestation with murder, proposing to increase the maximum sentence for individuals who undergo the procedure from ten to 20 years.Social assistant Clara Saraiva, one of the organizers of the demonstration and a member of the State Front Against the Criminalization of Women and for the Legalization of Abortion in Rio de Janeiro, stated that the protest is part of a national movement called "Criança não é Mãe" (Child is not a Mother). The movement demands the immediate shelving of the bill because it protects rapists and restricts women from exercising their legal right to abortion after the 22nd week ...