Jan 25, 2005 / 22:00 pm
The pro-abortion group "Catholics for a Free Choice" (CFFC) is intensifying its efforts to get abortion legalized in Brazil, as the group prepares to participate in the World Social Forum which will be held January 27-31 in Porto Alegre.
The forum will begin on Thursday with a round-table discussion on the decriminalization of abortion, during which pro-abortion material will be distributed and attendees will be required to sign a statement of commitment to the campaign.
As it has in the past, CFFC is using distorted data to argue that a "large number" of women each year in Brazil are hospitalized due to back alley abortions.
CFFC will hold a meeting in Cais do Porto, which will be attended by the Special Secretary for Policies for Women, Nilceia Freire, and the president of the Hispanic division of Catholics for a Free Choice, Maria Jose Rosado.
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