October 28 is Safe Abortion Day. It was chosen to commemorate the date Brazil adopted the so-called “Free Womb law” which, in 1871, granted freedom to children born to slaves. 

Nevertheless, Brazil remains one of those countries where abortion is not only illegal, but severely restricted. Lucrecia Franco, in Rio de Janeiro, reports.

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