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Judi Lynn

(160,219 posts)
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 11:24 PM Sep 2020

Minister Damares Alves Tried Prevent Abortion of A 10-year-old Child

Envoys tried to persuade guardianship counselors and are suspected of leaking the victim's name

Sep.21.2020 2:05PM

Carolina Vila-Nova
AMERICANA (SP)

Brazil’s minister of women, family, and human rights, Damares Alves, maintained her public silence regarding the legal abortion performed on the ten-year-old girl from Espírito Santo, who became pregnant after rape. But Alves acted behind the scenes to prevent the child from receiving an abortion.

The minister coordinated a mission to transfer the child from São Mateus (ES), where she lived, to a hospital in Jacareí (SP), where she would carry out the pregnancy, despite the risk to the girl's life.



Abortion for 10-year-old rape victim sparks near-riot in Brazil (Foto: Anderson Nascimento/Agência Pixel Press) (Foto: Anderson Nascimento/Agência Pixel Press/Folhapress) - Agência Pixel Press

To that end, Damares sent representatives of the ministry and political allies to the city of Espírito Santo. They tried to delay the termination of pregnancy and, in a series of meetings, pressured those responsible for conducting the procedure, including offering improvements to the local guardianship council.

Damares herself even participated in at least one of these meetings through a video call, as shown by Folha's photos.

More:
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2020/09/minister-damares-alves-tried-prevent-abortion-of-a-10-year-old-child.shtml

These "Christians" believed the 10 year old girl should go through childbirth and become a 10 year old mother.

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Minister Damares Alves Tried Prevent Abortion of A 10-year-old Child (Original Post) Judi Lynn Sep 2020 OP
Crimminey! Bayard Sep 2020 #1
Not only that, her life was at risk if she carried to term. secondwind Sep 2020 #2
What about the rapist? MontanaMama Sep 2020 #3

Bayard

(21,806 posts)
1. Crimminey!
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 11:52 PM
Sep 2020

So, if rethugs succeed in overturning Roe v Wade here, is this the kind of situation we'll be looking at?

Sheer lunacy.

secondwind

(16,903 posts)
2. Not only that, her life was at risk if she carried to term.
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 12:07 AM
Sep 2020

I just don’t understand how a zygote is more important than a 10 yr old girl’s life. She was raped, for crying out loud!!!!

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