Opinion on abortion legalization in Brazil 2023

In a survey carried out in 2023, less than 40 percent of respondents in Brazil said that they were in favor of abortion legalization. Almost half of the people interviewed, 43 percent, were against the legalization of this procedure. In Brazil, abortion is punished with a jail sentence, unless it falls under one of the three decriminalized cases: rape, life risk of the pregnant person, and fetus anencephaly.

Public opinion on the legalization of abortion in Brazil as of August 2023

Characteristic	Share of respondents
In favor	39%
Against	43%
Don't know / No answer	18%

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Release date

August 2023

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Region

Brazil

Survey time period

June 23 to Jult 7, 2023

Number of respondents

1,000 respondents

Age group

18-74 years

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The wording chosen for this statistic may slightly differ from the original.

In Brazil, abortion is decriminalized in three cases: if the pregnancy is a result of rape, if performing an abortion is the only way to save the woman's life, or if the fetus suffers from anencephaly.

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