Benedict XVI, today emeritus pope, visited Brazil in 2007. Since then, the issue of decriminalization of abortion has remained out of every forum in the country, government webpages included. On the eve of the pope's stepping on Brazilian soil, the conflict between the Church and health authorities was fierce.
The matter reappeared - and only briefly - as an initiative from the Church itself, as she used abortion in a scheme to discredit Dilma, just before the second round of the 2010 presidential election.
The matter reappeared - and only briefly - as an initiative from the Church itself, as she used abortion in a scheme to discredit Dilma, just before the second round of the 2010 presidential election.
