“You don’t have to have a pregnancy if you don’t want to”

The 57-year-old actress advocates that women have autonomy over their own bodies

Summary
Claudia Raia is in favor of legalizing abortion. On the Roda Viva program, the actress said that a woman should not be forced to have a pregnancy if she does not want it.

Actress Claudia Raia, 57 years old, participated in the Roda Viva program, on TV Cultura, last Monday, the 6th. During the conversation, Claudia defended the legalization of abortion and women’s autonomy over their bodies.

“I am in favor [do aborto]. The woman who knows what’s happening to her. You are not forced to have a pregnancy if you don’t want it or be raped, because if you don’t want it, it’s your body. You need to have this autonomy over your body and over a pregnancy, a life that you will generate”, stated the actress.

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The actress also recalled a miscarriage she suffered. “I’ve had an abortion, but it ended up being spontaneous, because I made a film in Xingu and I had the yellow fever vaccine, and I was pregnant and didn’t know it,” she said.

The actress is the mother of Enzo Celulari, 27 years old, Sophia Raia, 21 years old, and Luca, 1 year old.

Abortion

In Brazil, abortion is a crime provided for in the Brazilian Penal Code, which provides for a prison sentence of one to three years for a woman who causes an abortion on herself or also gives permission for someone else to do so. However, the procedure is permitted by law in cases of rape, when the pregnancy poses a risk to the woman’s life and also when the fetus does not develop a brain.