Another was a successful businesswoman who had separated from her children’s father and become pregnant accidentally by another man. A fourth, Roberta Cardoso, had become pregnant accidentally with her boyfriend and felt she wasn’t mature enough to become a mother. An estimated 400,000 to 800,000 women have an abortion each year in Brazil — the vast majority of them illegal. According to Health Ministry statistics, more than 200 women died in 2015 after abortions. More than 170 women, including prominent actresses, directors and academics, have signed a manifesto declaring publicly that they had abortions.

Source: National Post January 04, 2018 05:03 UTC