In Latin America, Abortion Rights Stall as LGBT Rights Advance. Why?
In Latin America, Abortion Rights Stall as LGBT Rights Advance. Why?
Several factors help explain why the two don't necessarily go hand-in-hand.
Last month, thousands of people in cities across Brazil took to the streets to protest a bill that, among other things, would make it more difficult for rape victims to obtain abortions. In Rio de Janeiro, those protestors gathered just blocks away from the state's justice tribunal where, less than two years before, more than one hundred couples had taken part in the world's largest same-sex marriage ceremony.
What explains this disconnect?
Public attitudes and laws on LGBT rights are becoming increasingly liberal in Latin America. Same-sex couples can marry in...
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