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Brazil’s Lower House Fast-Tracks Bid to Suspend Conanda Rule on Abortion Care for Minors

The urgency vote sets up a rapid floor decision on a Conanda resolution that outlines care for raped girls under Brazil’s existing abortion exceptions.

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A Câmara dos Deputados aprovou urgência do PDL que susta efeitos de norma do Conanda que permite aborto em crianças sem presença dos pais.
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Overview

  • Deputies approved urgency by 313–119, allowing a decree to skip committees and move straight to a plenary vote.
  • The proposed legislative decree seeks to nullify a Conanda resolution that standardizes how services identify pregnancies in girls and adolescents and guarantees access to information.
  • The Conanda text affirms victims’ autonomy and permits abortion care without a police report, judicial authorization, or parental notification in cases already allowed by law.
  • Support comes from conservatives led by author Chris Tonietto (PL-RJ) with Luiz Gastão (PSD-CE) as rapporteur, while opposition parties and advocacy groups say reversal would endanger raped girls and restrict access to care.
  • The rule faced a prior suspension after a suit by Senator Damares Alves, and a recent TRF-1 decision by Judge Ney Bello allowed its publication; allies now press for a swift floor vote with no date announced.