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Today, abortion rights at a crossroads in Brazil.

One out of seven women will undergo an abortion. So if you know seven women, one of them at least could be sentenced to prison.

Brazilian feminists are pushing to loosen restrictions on abortion,

while conservatives are pushing to criminalize it even further.

I'm Kevin Horton, and this is The Take.

Thank you. I'm Kevin Horton, and this is The Take. 23 seconds.

That's how long it took the conservative majority in Brazil's legislature

to vote to put a new bill criminalizing abortion on the agenda.

That was on June 12th.

The bill would equate abortion to murder.

If the bill passes, a woman or child who has been raped

and terminates the pregnancy after 22 weeks

could be sentenced to 20 years in prison.

That's double the punishment for rapists.

And Brazilian women were fast to take to the streets.

Women have been taking it to the streets across Brazil to protest Bill 1904,

drafted by members of the Evangelical Caucus.

The outcry was so strong that the Speaker of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies, Artur Lira, was forced to back down.

Rather than fast-track the bill as planned, it was postponed.

Artur Lira declared that the bill won't be processed urgently and announced the creation

of a representative committee to discuss it with the Brazilian society.

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