The Bolsonarist deputy Police Officer Kátia Sastre (PL-SP), who chairs the Committee for the Defense of Women's Rights, proposed this proposal as a single item in the collegiate. The text has been discussed in the Chamber since 2007 and is frequently returned to the agenda at the request of conservative parliamentarians.
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The bill establishing the Status of the Unborn guarantees the fetus “the right to life, health, development and physical integrity” and prohibits “any harm to the unborn child”. According to the published opinion, the fetus resulting from sexual violence will have the same rights as other unborn children. In other words, the device will prevent abortion in case of rape, now guaranteed by law.
Current legislation also allows the procedure when there is a risk to the pregnant woman's life or when there is a diagnosis of fetal anencephaly – possibilities that would also be achieved with the proposal under discussion.
Fierce tempers
The atmosphere became tense when the president of the Commission prevented the public from entering, keeping the vote behind closed doors. In the early afternoon, a pro-Bolsonaro protester went to the scene and punched a PSOL supporter in the face.system. (Congress in Focus)
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The PSOL leader in the National Congress, Sâmia Bonfim, released a video on his social networks showing the argument that took place in the Chamber.
On the networks, for days now, an action has been circulating to stop the Status of the Unborn, with the intention of putting pressure on the project rapporteur, deputy Emanuel Pinheiro Neto (MDB-MT).
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