President of the PT criticizes the “anti-abortion” bill that equates the termination of pregnancy after 22 weeks with the crime of homicide
The national president of PT (Workers’ Party), deputy Gleisi Hoffmann (PR), said this Friday (June 14, 2024) that he is personally against abortion, but stated that he defends what is provided for in Brazilian law, which allows the practice in 3 cases. The congresswoman criticized the “anti-abortion” PL (bill) (1,904 of 2024).
The text, which had its urgency request approved in a quick vote in the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday (June 12), it equates abortion after 22 weeks to the crime of homicide. With urgency, the analysis is accelerated to be carried out directly in plenary, without going through thematic commissions.
According to the PT president, “often due to fear, shame or lack of knowledge about pregnancy [resultante de estupro] It is only discovered when it is more advanced.”. Gave the statements on your profile on X (formerly Twitter) when creating
The deputy further stated: “In addition to applying a greater penalty to the rape victim who has an abortion than to the rapist, [o PL] prevents a raped girl or woman from having an abortion after 22 weeks of pregnancy.”.
For Gleisi, “It is inhumane to force a child to be the mother of another child, especially when the pregnancy is the result of violence.”
PL 1,904 of 2024
The rapporteur for the “anti-abortion” bill should be defined next Tuesday (June 18) with party leaders. If it is approved, project interlocutors say that the text must be approved by more than 300 votes.
Currently, current legislation determines that pregnancy termination must be carried out in the event of rape, risk of death to the pregnant woman and fetal anencephaly.
In the text, the deputy Sóstenes Cavalcante (PL-RJ) establishes that, even if the pregnancy is the result of rape, termination will not be permitted if the fetus is considered “viable”that is, capable of surviving outside the uterus.
The conservative wing of Casa Baixa is making an effort to vote on projects on the so-called customs agenda, which are contrary to issues of land occupations, rights of the LGBT+ community and abortion.
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