Opinion: Right to abortion is not a minority issue

Read the article by Conectas in partnership with the Sexuality and Politics Thinktank at the Brazilian Interdisciplinary Aids Association, in Globo.

Pro-legalisation of abortion march in Rio de Janeiro. Photo: Fernando Frazão/Agência Brasil

The Brazilian Constitution, the result of an intense process of democratic construction, presupposes that public institutions and society as a whole will observe the principles of: equality; the dignity of human people and respect for privacy. Both the laws and any action practiced by public administration must be governed by these values and it is up to the Supreme Federal Court to uphold the fulfilment of these constitutional principles.

 

• Read the article in full in Globo.