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Brazil’s Lower House Backs Measure Requiring Police Report or Court Order for Minors’ Legal Abortions

Rights groups warn the change will deter reporting, driving abused girls toward unsafe procedures.

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Overview

  • The Chamber of Deputies approved PDL 3/2025 by 317–111, overturning a Conanda resolution that had eased abortion access for minors, including those under 14.
  • The proposal requires a police report or judicial authorization for children and adolescents to access legal abortion following sexual violence.
  • The measure now moves to the Federal Senate and could then be sent to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for sanction or veto.
  • Advocates and officials, including Me Too Brasil’s Marina Ganzarolli and Conanda vice president Marina Poniwas, warn of increased underreporting and a shift to clandestine, riskier procedures, and public figures are urging petitions and protests against the bill.
  • Cited data show sexual violence against children and adolescents rose 91.5% from 2011 to 2023, with 64.7% of reported assaults in 2023 occurring in victims’ homes.