2009 Brazilian girl abortion case
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2009-brazilian-girl-abortion-case-175-3647443
title:
2009 Brazilian girl abortion case
text:
In 2009, a 9-year-old Brazilian girl was repeatedly raped by her stepfather and became pregnant with twins; the girl's mother helped her procure an abortion, and the pregnancy was terminated. José Sobrinho, a Catholic archbishop, said that the girl's mother and the doctors who performed the abortion had been automatically excommunicated under canon law. This prompted an array of national and international criticism for the archbishop's actions. In response, the National Conference of Bishops of
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Political, medical and religious controversy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Brazilian_girl_abortion_case
date created:
2013-06-25T06:07:02Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T02:17:59Z
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