It provides for 20 years of incarceration for people that make abortions after 22 weeks of pregnancy, a situation mainly seen among girls who were sexually abused.
If we could pull back the curtain to see what entities are responsible for such vile bills of law, we might not be surprised. But developments like this remain shocking nonetheless.
I applaud the protesters for standing up for women’s rights. And I support the continued dismantling of the patriarchy. We need to keep at it.
If we could pull back the curtain to see what entities are responsible for such vile bills of law
Evangelicals as always. In this case they’re just doing this as a “gotcha” in case Lula (and his party) moves to veto the law from being enacted and accusing him of being “pro-abortion” or something to their brainless electorate. They’re just a bunch of really sad and vindictive people with complete disregard for others.
It’s actually more dangerous (for the pregnant person) to abort than to deliver at that age. Not saying the punishment makes sense but most babies can survive being born after 22 weeks so it is understandable to classify it as a type of murder or even manslaughter.
Unless the outrage is about the pregnant person being sentenced rather than the one who performed the abortion, in which case no wonder they’re so upset
The outrage stems from the potential removal of an 80 year old legal right (legalized abortion in case of rape) and the 20 years sentence, especially if compared to the 8 years sentence for rape. Most of the argument being made against this new law is around child rape victims being forced to give birth since most of them discover they’re pregnant very late in the process and the legal and medical burocracy leading to the abortion is rather lengthy.
