Tag: legal abort

• Saturday, December 8th 2018 - 09:34 UTC

  Bolsonaro names evangelical pastor to head a new Women, Family ministry

  

  Brazil's right-wing President-elect Jair Bolsonaro named a pro-life evangelical pastor to head a new ministry of Women, Family and Human Rights that will also take over the agency looking after the country's 850,000 indigenous people. Damares Alves, a lawyer, preacher and congressional aide, is a staunch opponent of legalizing abortion, which is allowed only in cases of rape, anencephaly or when the mother's life is in danger.