Deputy criticizes statement by the project’s author who suggested sending children victims of sexual abuse to socio-educational centers
The federal deputy Erika Hilton (Psol-SP) said this Monday (June 17, 2024) that the federal deputy Sóstenes Cavalcante (PL-RJ) wants child victims of rape to be “re-educated and punished by the State”. The congressman is the author of the PL (bill) 1,904 of 2024which equates abortion after 22 weeks to the crime of homicide.
“Today, deputy Sóstenes Cavalcante stated that, if his Rape Bill is approved, girls who are victims of rape will undergo ‘socio-educational measures’”, declared Hilton on her profile on X (formerly Twitter).
“These people want a Brazil in which raped children are ‘re-educated’ and punished by the State”continued the deputy.
EDUCATIONAL MEASURES
Cavalcante suggested this Monday (June 17) that children who are victims of sexual abuse be “re-educated”. According to him, “It won’t be a shame. It will be a socio-educational measure.” DI made the statement in an interview with GloboNews.
“She [criança] You can provide socio-educational assistance to ensure this doesn’t happen again. And the judge may or may not apply this penalty, this treatment with a psychologist”he declared.
PL “ANTIABORT”
The Chamber of Deputies approvedin a quick vote on Wednesday (June 12), an urgent request for the PL 1,904 of 2024. Without being announced, voting took place in 23 seconds.
Currently, abortion can be performed in cases of abortion provided for by law, characterized by the 3 situations:
- case of risk to the mother’s life;
- rape cases; It is
- pregnancy of an anencephalic fetus.
However, in all 3 cases there is no gestational age limit for terminating the pregnancy.
With the urgency approved, the proposal can be voted directly by the plenary, without needing to be discussed in the thematic committees of the Lower House.
The report of the text he must be under the responsibility of a deputy of the Centrãogroup of parties without clear ideological coloration.
DATA ON SEXUAL ABUSE IN BRAZIL
The bill being processed in the Chamber of Deputies establishes that women are penalized with a sentence of up to 20 years in prisonwhile, In cases of rape, the penalty is up to 10 years in prison in current legislation.
According to data released by the Brazilian Yearbook of Public Security 2023, in 2022, Brazil had the highest number of records of rape and rape of vulnerable people in history, with 74,930 victims. Here’s the complete of the study (PDF – 10 MB).
Vulnerable rape cases have a total of 56,820 victims, which means that 75.8% of victims were incapable of consenting, either due to age (under 14 years old) or other reasons (for example, disability and illness).
In Brazil, 6 in 10 victims are vulnerable aged 0 to 13. In most cases, the abusers are family members or acquaintances of the victims, a factor that makes reporting difficult, according to the study.
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