Click to expand Image People take part in a march in defense of legal abortion on International Safe Abortion Day at Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on September 28, 2023. 2023 Cris Faga/NurPhoto via AP Photo Brazil's Supreme Court is now considering a case that could decriminalize abortion in the country up to 12 weeks of gestation. This case had previously been on hold since 2018, when the Court held a public hearing at which Human Rights Watch urged it to consider Brazil's obligations under international law in reaching its ruling. Brazil's current legislation regulating abortion, which dates to 1940, is incompatible with the country's human rights obligations. Abortion is criminalized except in cases of sexual violence, when the life of the pregnant woman is in danger, or when a fatal fetal condition known as anencephaly is detected. United Nations rights bodies have repeatedly urged Brazil to decriminalize abortion, concluding that denying women, girls, and
Legislation sponsored by NYS Senator Timothy Kennedy would stop wildlife killing contests, held purely for monetary gain and for the sake of killing large numbers of animals has passed and should be signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul.