Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct 19, 2004 / 22:00 pm
Several pro-life groups are stepping up activities in hopes of preventing a Supreme Court decision today that would legalize abortion in cases of anencephaly and would open the door to abortion on demand in the country.
At the beginning of July, Chief Justice Marco Aurelio Mello ruled that babies suffering from the condition could be birthed earlier than usual in order to hasten death. Anencephaly always results in the death of the baby, whose brain is either underdeveloped or non-existent.