Hamilton Mourão, vice president of Jair Bolsonaro: "Abortion must be a women's decision"

"Abortion must be a decision of the woman"Without hesitation, the Vice President of Brazil, Hamilton Mourão, evoked a sensitive subject for the population and made a difference with the Head of State, Jair Bolsonaro.

In an interview with O Globo, the president's colleague raised a number of issues and said that its differences with Bolsonaro are only style and who can cooperate to reduce tensions.

Asked how he thinks that gender issues should be addressed within the government, Mourão replied: "They must be treated objectively. This is a public health problem. Sexually transmitted diseases are a public health problem. "

And it went further: "The issue of abortion is also a subject for debate because you have the case of this abortion where the person has been raped or the person is not able to support that child. So maybe the woman should have the freedom to say & # 39;I need to do an abortion& # 39; "

The journalist O Globo He asked if, even in cases where the woman is unable to support her son, she should be able to have an abortion, and the Vice-President said: "My opinion as a citizen, not a member of the government, is that it's a decision of the person"

In October, Bolsonaro signed a pledge against abortion with the Catholic Church. At a meeting with Cardinal Orani Tempesta, in the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro, he signed a statement favorable to the agenda of the clergy.

"We sign a commitment to the defense of the family, the defense of the innocence of children in school, the defense of freedom of religion, unlike abortion and the legalization of drugs, "said Bolsonaro at that time.I've always defended"These causes," he said later.