Abstract

The article presents some strategies used by religious fundamentalists within the administrative norms of health and public safety to construct the social and legal representation of the fetus and even the embryo as subjects with rights superior to those of the pregnant woman. It also addresses the naturalization and acceptance of this idea by the justice system, paving the way for the approval of the “Statute of the Unborn,” a proposal advocated for years by conservatives in Brazil, and for the prohibition of any legal allowance for abortion. It particularly focuses on Bill 1904 of 2024, currently under consideration in the Chamber of Deputies.

Keywords

abortion, homicide, penal code, brazil, religious fundamentalism