Overview

• The ruling tallied 497 days of noncompliance with an injunction to reopen Vila Nova Cachoeirinha’s service or refer patients, applying a R$50,000 daily fine.
• Judge Simone Casoretti described the city’s behavior as omissive and as institutional disobedience that disregarded the health and dignity of women who were raped.
• Case files cite at least eight victims denied care in the municipal network who were treated at Hospital São Paulo or Hospital das Clínicas, or traveled to other states.
• The municipality argued it lacked full patient identifiers and defended clinical discretion, said four municipal hospitals perform legal abortions, and stated it will appeal.
• The Vila Nova Cachoeirinha program has remained closed since December 2023, highlighting judicial enforcement to secure access to legally permitted abortion in the city.