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.
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, Public opinion on the legalization of abortion in Brazil as of August 2023
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Ipsos. (August 22, 2023). Public opinion on the legalization of abortion in Brazil as of August 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 08, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121702/brasil-public-opinion-abortion/
Ipsos. "Public opinion on the legalization of abortion in Brazil as of August 2023." Chart. August 22, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 08, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121702/brasil-public-opinion-abortion/
Ipsos. (2023). Public opinion on the legalization of abortion in Brazil as of August 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 08, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121702/brasil-public-opinion-abortion/
Ipsos. "Public Opinion on The Legalization of Abortion in Brazil as of August 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Aug 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121702/brasil-public-opinion-abortion/
Ipsos, Public opinion on the legalization of abortion in Brazil as of August 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121702/brasil-public-opinion-abortion/ (last visited December 08, 2023)
Public opinion on the legalization of abortion in Brazil as of August 2023 [Graph], Ipsos, August 22, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121702/brasil-public-opinion-abortion/