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The never-ending story of abortion in Brazil

In Brazil, 500,000 clandestine abortions are carried out every year, of which 200,000 end in complications and 500 in death, but the debate regarding legalisation appears to have halted. Español, Portugués

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Those who frequently read surveys and surf through statistics will know of the double-edged sword that is the elaboration of questionnaires whose questions can induce replies on two opposing sides of a spectrum. An example of this occurring was the 2005 referendum regarding the prohibition of commercial weapons in Brazil.