Abortion legislation in Brazil?IN JULY, THE BRAZILIAN government sponsored a National Conference on Women's Public Policies in Brasilia which called for reform of the penal code penal code n. A body of laws relating to crimes and offenses and the penalties for their commission. penal code Noun the body of laws relating to crime and punishment Noun 1. to make abortion legal. The call for reform comes immediately after a preliminary Supreme Court decision on termination of pregnancy termination of pregnancy Induced abortion. See Abortion. in cases of anencephaly anencephaly /an·en·ceph·a·ly/ (an?en-sef´ah-le) congenital absence of the cranial vault, with the cerebral hemispheres completely missing or reduced to small masses.anencephal´ic an·en·ceph·a·ly n. (when a fetus develops without a brain or with a severely malformed mal·formed adj. Abnormally or faultily formed. brain). The court case was brought by the National Confederation of Health Workers which was concerned about the fact that some 7,000 couples were forced to seek court action to allow them to have an abortion. Courts granted some 97 percent of requests. The Brazilian bishops' conference is the only organization that spoke out against the preliminary order. |
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