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ABORTION IN BRAZIL AND MOZAMBIQUE Abortion is the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks. The abortion debate asks whether it can be morally right to terminate a pregnancy before normal childbirth. Some people think that abortion is always wrong. Some people think that abortion is right when the mother’s life is at risk. Others think there is a range of circumstances in which abortion is morally acceptable. Mozambique... In Mozambique abortion has been legalized within the recent year. Allowing women to terminate their pregnancies within the first 12 weeks of becoming pregnant, although if the woman has been raped the conditions are altered. If a woman is a victim of rape she is allowed to terminate the pregnancy within the first 16 weeks of becoming pregnant. This is because a woman who is a victim of rape would not necessarily know if she is pregnant or not due to the fact that it was not intentional. Abortion had previously been legal only in the case of a threat to a woman’s life or health. The original law on abortion in Mozambique was that it was only used in circumstances to save the life of a woman, to preserve physical health and preserve mental health. To abort an unwanted pregnancy, some women drink bleach or home-brewed mixtures made with livestock manure. Others insert a twig or chicken bone into their uterus or rub their vagina with herbal elixirs to induce early childbirth. New approach… Mozambique's abortion ban originated in colonial times, when predominantly Catholic Portuguese ruled the country. As in many other nations in southern Africa, religion continues to play an important role in Mozambique in debates over social issues such as abortion.

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