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With A Common Language And Easy Access, Brazilians Fly To Portugal To Have Abortions
The European country legalized abortion over ten years ago; Brazil's Supreme Court is discussing the matter
Sep.20.2018 11:48AM
Giuliana Miranda
Encouraged by the common language and easy access also to foreign visitors, pregnant Brazilian women are choosing to cross the Atlantic and have their abortions in Portugal, where the procedure has been legalized for over a decade.
Official records from the Portuguese Ministry of Health, that don't make distinctions between residents and tourists, say that 379 Brazilian women had abortions in the country in 2016, the most recent year available.
The number has been even bigger in previous years: 441 in 2015, and 423 in 2014, the first year that the Portuguese government disclosed abortion numbers by nationality.
Portuguese law determines that foreign women - legal residents or not - can undergo an abortion, without any justification, until their tenth week of pregnancy.
More:
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/scienceandhealth/2018/09/with-a-common-language-and-easy-access-brazilians-fly-to-portugal-to-have-abortions.shtml