At the same time, a package of measures emerged through which the government of Jair Bolsonaro plans to hinder abortions permitted by law.
In 2021, 37,735 sexual abuses were registered against minors under 13 years of age, with 85.5% of the victims being female, according to a study by the Brazilian Public Security Forum at the request of the Liberta Institute.
The report reports that 86% of the crimes were carried out by close relatives of the children.
40% was perpetrated by parents or stepfathers of the victims, 37% by siblings or cousins and in 9% of cases the aggressor was the grandfather.
The fact that the crimes are caused by members of the family harms both the reporting of the crime and the possible interruption of the pregnancy of the minors.
“In fact, there are more than four girls under the age of 13 raped per hour, in Brazil each year we have more than 21,600 girls who become pregnant before the age of 14“, says Luciana Temer, president of the Liberta Institute.
In Brazil, abortion is legal in cases of rape, risk of life for the mother and brainless babies.
In the southern state of Santa Catarina, Judge Joana Ribeiro did not authorize the abortion, which she described as “homicide”, of a raped 11-year-old girl and ordered that she be sent to a public shelter without regular contact with her mother. that supported the interruption.
The case unleashed a controversy before which the president, Jair Bolsonaro, described as “inadmissible” the interruption of the pregnancy.
Meanwhile, the press reported that the Ministry of Health is analyzing a set of measures to hinder the interruption of pregnancy even in the cases provided for by law.
Source: Ambito
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