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The Guardian // World

New Rio de Janeiro law requires public hospitals to display anti-abortion signs

Thursday 19th June 2025, 10:00AM

Opponents view the controversial act as part of a growing trend across Brazil to further restrict abortion accessA new law has just come into force in Rio de Janeiro requiring all public hospitals and clinics run by the municipal government to display anti-abortion signs bearing messages such as: “Did you know that the unborn child is discarded as hospital waste?”Reproductive rights activists view the act as the latest example of a growing trend across Brazil to further restrict access to abortion in a country that already has some of the world’s most restrictive laws. Continue reading...

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