In Brazil, women protest against bill equating late abortions with homicide

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Sao Paulo on Saturday, June 15, as protests swept across Brazil in opposition to a bill that would further criminalize abortions. If passed, the law would equate the termination of a pregnancy after 22 weeks with homicide. The bill, proposed by conservative lawmakers and heading for a vote in the lower house, would also apply in cases of rape. Critics say those who seek an abortion so late are mostly child rape victims, as their pregnancies tend to be detected later.