Brazil: public opinion on the legal status of abortion 2018
In a survey carried out in December of 2018, over 40 percent of survey respondents in Brazil said that they believed abortion should be completely prohibited. Another 34 percent of the people interviewed thought its legal status should remain as it stands, with abortion being decriminalized in only 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. Only six percent believed abortion should be allowed under any circumstance. Most people in Brazil are in favor of abortion being punished with a jail sentence.
