Forum192 :: Abortion in Brazil

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 12:20 am

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6539831.stm

In Brazil some people are calling for a new debate on abortion, saying it should be considered a health issue and not a moral one. They want to change the laws (which currently only allow abortion in cases of rape or a health risk to the mother), and 65% of Brazilians oppose changing them, which isn't surprising since the church has influence.

So basically there are two points to this thread.

A) Should abortion be considered a health issue or a moral one? I think it should be a combination of both.

B) Should the laws take into account the fact that abortions will be performed regardless of whether or not it's legal? I think it should definitely consider that, since a safe abortion is better than a back-alley abortion that kills the mother and making it illegal won't really stop them it'll just move them.

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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:17 pm

agentkgb wrote:

B) Should the laws take into account the fact that abortions will be performed regardless of whether or not it's legal?

I don't think it makes any sense to ignore that.

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