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Brazil’s Lower House Votes to Suspend Conanda Abortion Guidance for Child Rape Victims

The fast‑tracked measure seeks to nullify procedural rules that organized lawful care for abused minors, drawing warnings of reduced access.

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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 the decree-legislative by 317 to 111 after granting urgency earlier by 313 to 119, clearing a same-day floor vote.
  • The proposal was authored by Chris Tonietto (PL-RJ) with Luiz Gastão (PSD-CE) as rapporteur and was backed by center-right and religious parliamentary blocs.
  • The Conanda resolution directed services to inform minors of lawful options and allowed procedures without parental consent, judicial authorization or a police report when those would endanger protection, and it barred using gestational limits as an obstacle.
  • The guidance did not change Brazil’s legal grounds for abortion, which remain limited to pregnancy from rape, risk to the pregnant person’s life, and fetal anencephaly.
  • The Women’s Ministry and child-protection advocates say the suspension will hinder access for girls, while supporters argue the council exceeded the law and undermined conscience rights, with the measure now moving to the next stage in Congress.