Judge Tries to Block Abortion for 11-Year-Old-Rape Survivor in Brazil

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Women hold a banner calling for “legal, safe and free abortion,” during a protest in front of the municipal theater in Rio de Janeiro. © 2018 Fernando Frazão/Agência Brasil “Do you want to choose the baby’s name? Would the baby’s father agree to give it up for adoption? Would you bear it [the pregnancy] a little longer?” These are questions a Brazilian judge asked a 11-year-old-rape survivor during a hearing. She tried to convince the girl to continue a pregnancy against her will and sent her to a shelter to prevent her from having an abortion. The excruciating…

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