Representatives of the Church in Brazil have addressed the country’s Supreme Court to argue against the decriminalisation of abortion.
Reiterating the Catholic Church's teaching "in the defence of life from its conception until its natural death," Bishop Ricardo Hoerpes of Rio Grande said that the issue was not for the court to decide.
"How will the Supreme Court explain a capital punishment sentence of an innocent, defenceless human being to justify our incapacity in producing adequate public policies when it comes to women's reproductive rights?" the bishop asked the court, which was preparing whether to decide whether to decriminalise abortion.
