TIME00166

TIME00166
Latin America and the Caribbean
Brazil
Yes
Abortion
Restrict
Debate over legal reform
08-2005
Brazil: PL 1135/91 reformulated and presented once again following the first National Public Policy Conference of Brazilian Women. The bill proposed the legalization of abortion in cases not permitted by law, as well as the obligation for public and private health providers to bear its costs. The bill lost by one vote.