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  • 2018-04-30 (xsd:date)
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  • Does This Photograph Show a Man Washing Aborted Fetuses in Brazil? (en)
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  • In April 2018 an image was widely circulated via Facebook and blogs, one which purportedly depicted a man washing aborted fetuses in Brazil in preparation for burial: Abortion is generally illegal in Brazil except for a few particular circumstances (e.g., pregnancy resulting from rape, when the life of the woman is at risk, the fetus has a fatal brain disorder), and these posts appear to be co-opted versions of material that originated in Vietnam. This same photograph had earlier been distributed as part of a larger set published by the Vietnamese news site Emdep. The text accompanying that set of photographs described a volunteer who ritually washes the remains of aborted fetuses, stillborn births, and/or premature or abandoned infants (the translation is ambiguous) in preparation for burial. This information is consistent with other accounts from that part of the world, including news reports indicating that Vietnam has one of the highest abortion rates in the world: As well, the Vietnamese news report that published these photographs referenced the volunteers' holding a burial ceremony every two weeks at a cemetery in Doi Coc: Other local news accounts have described a cemetery in the hamlet of Doi Coc that serves as a resting place for (aborted) fetuses: Volunteers involved with the effort have attributed the necessity of their work to a combination of Vietnam's high abortion rate and the dumping of aborted fetuses by private abortion clinics (which may involve abortions carried out later in term than would otherwise be legally allowed): (en)
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