Curettage is a medical procedure usually performed post-abortion. In Brazil, abortion is decriminalized in three cases: if the pregnancy is a result of rape, if performing an abortion is the only way to save the woman's life, or if the fetus suffers from anencephaly. The release date is the date of access. Numbers have been rounded. Data before 2018 obtained from previous reporting.
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Brazil: number of post-abortion procedures 2008-2024, by type
In 2024, over ** post-abortion procedures were performed in Brazil, of which ** were curettages. The number of manual vacuum aspirations, a procedure commonly carried out due to unsuccessful or incomplete abortions, has been consistently increasing from less than in 2013 to over * in 2024.
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