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»Minister for pro-abortion this week the UN will advocate policies for women; Evangelicals ask his government's resignation

The new minister of the Secretariat of Policies for Women, Eleonora Menicucci will go to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women defend Rousseff government's position on abortion.

Fulfilling a requirement of the UN, its predecessor, Iriny Lopes, sent to the Committee before leaving the government, filing a document stating the government's main positions on the issues discussed during the event. In this document the government stands contrary to the Law of the Unborn, a project that aims to criminalize all forms of abortion, including those currently permitted by the Brazilian Constitution. "It is essential that the project is rejected the Committee on Constitution, Justice and Citizenship (CCJ)," the document sent by the Government, according to the newspaper "O Estado de S. Paul. "