Pelican Project Pro-Life

As Brazil’s Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) examines a petition to constitutionally legalize abortions for anencephalic babies, the center of attention is a deceased infant named Marcela, whose case has become a cause celebre for the nation’s pro-life movement. Marcella Ferreira died in August of 2008, after living more than a year and eight months with anencephaly, a birth defect that prevents the formation of most of the upper brain. Anencephalic babies are born with an open skull and nor

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Deceased Infant Center of Controversy in Brazilian Supreme Court Abortion Case