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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mauricio Savarese

Brazil's top court opens vote on decriminalizing abortion up to 12th week of pregnancy

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Brazil’s top court opened a session Friday that will decide whether abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy will be decriminalized nationwide.

The South American nation currently allows abortions only in cases of rape, an evident risk to the mother’s health or if the fetus has no functioning brain.

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