Pro-life community cares for kids who survived abortion attempts 14 Jan 2021 123rf.com A Brazilian man has spoken of his work caring for disabled children he has adopted, many of whom survived a failed abortion. Speaking to LifeSite News, Tônio Tavares, who runs the ‘Community of Baby Jesus’ in Brazil caring for 42 disabled children, said he relies entirely on “the providence of God” in his work. The Roman Catholic added that the community exists “to respect life throughout its development: from conception until natural death”. ‘Always’ Currently, the country classes abortion as a “non-punishable crime” in the case of a risk to the mother’s life, rape or anencephaly – a condition where there is very limited brain and sometimes skull development.