Lula speaks about abortion and controversy erupts
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- 11 Oct 2022
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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has once again addressed the issue of abortion and sparked controversies among Brazilian voters ahead of the Oct. 30 second round against the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.
“Not only am I against abortion, but all the women I've married are against abortion. And I think almost everybody is against abortion. Not only because we are defenders of life, but because it must be a very unpleasant and painful thing for someone to have an abortion,” Lula said this week.
In April this year, he said that abortion should be made a public health issue in Brazil and that while poor women “die trying to have an abortion, because it is forbidden,” those who can afford it have their pregnancies terminated elsewhere. ”Here in Brazil, they don't do it (abortion) because it is forbidden, when in fact it should be turned into a public health issue, and everyone should have the right and not be ashamed. I don't want to have a child, I will take care of not having my child, I will discuss it with my partner. What doesn't work is the law demanding that she has to take care of it.“
In 1994 when he was running for President Lula spoke about abortion in the United States Congress. ”Even women who have abortions are against it, but we can't stop discussing the subject in a country where 2 to 4 million abortions take place every year,” he said.
In 1998 when he was defeated by Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB) for the second time, Lula gave an interview to a Catholic radio station during which he discussed the issue, saying he was personally against the practice, but defending that it was necessary to treat the issue as “a public health issue when necessary, even to comply with the law.” Read More...
