Brazilian parliamentarians voted to change the law banning public financing of abortion and gender reassignment surgery for children. However, the regulations will most likely be vetoed by President Lula da Silva.
Just before Christmas, Brazil’s National Congress approved an amendment to the 2024 Budget Guidelines (LDO) Law, which bans the use of public funds to pay for abortions and sex reassignment surgeries for minors. However, as commentators note, the regulations will most likely be vetoed by Brazil’s socialist president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Ban on financing abortion
The amendment states that the Brazilian government cannot promote, encourage or finance abortion with taxpayer money, except as permitted by law. It also states that the government cannot promote, encourage or finance gender reassignment surgery for children and young people, including activities that encourage minors to choose gender options other than their biological sex or activities that involve the deconstruction or criticism of the concept. of the traditional family, consisting of father, mother and children.
The amendment was proposed by a member of the Chamber of Deputies, Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of the country’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, and approved in the House of Representatives on December 19 by a majority of 305 votes to 141, and in the Senate by a majority of 43 to 26 votes. According to Bolsonaro, the guidelines in the amendment are “intended to prevent attacks on the family.”
– In fact, this is what the majority of society thinks today – said the Brazilian politician in one of the interviews. – We cannot allow a situation where citizens pay taxes and then sponsor the illegal takeover of indigenous lands, abortions or changing the sex of children, he added.
According to Federal Deputy Danilo Forte, President Lula will veto the amendment because “it is not the responsibility of the LDO.”
Source: Do Rzeczy
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