Research by the Anis Institute mapped judicial processes related to abortion in Brazil between 2012 and 2022.
Four out of five women indicted for having an abortion—or allowing an abortion in another person—were convicted by Brazilian justice between 2012 and 2022. This information comes from the map of judicial processes on abortion in Brazil created by the Anis Institute of Bioethics.
According to the study, at least 218 of these individuals went through the penitentiary system for involvement in abortion crimes during these ten years. Of this total, 175 arrests were preventive, meaning they occurred before the final judgment.
In addition to convictions involving detention in prisons, some women were subjected to penalties such as house arrest or the conditions imposed by the Conditional Suspension of the Process (a legal benefit that requires the defendant to comply with certain rules, such as periodic court appearances and prohibition from frequenting certain places).
According to the research, regardless of whether they were judicially convicted or not, most of the indicted women are subjected to punitive situations, such as judicial persecution.
