Removal will remain in force until an administrative proceeding about its conduct is completed
The National Council of Justice () decided to cautiously remove Judge Maria do Socorro de Sousa Afonso e Silva, who operates on the Court of Childhood and Youth of the Court of Justice of. The measure was taken due to its acting in a case that involved the negative of a legal abortion for a 13 -year -old who had been a victim of rape. The removal will remain in force until a disciplinary administrative proceeding (PAD) on its conduct is completed. The young woman, who was 28 weeks of gestation, had her abortion request denied by the TJ-GO after the father requested in court the prohibition of the procedure. Case I saw Atona through the newspaper O Popular and the Intercept Brasil website. In a testimony to the Guardianship Council, the teenager revealed that she wished to stop pregnancy since the 18th week and that if she could not, she would seek alternatives to perform abortion on her own.
The girl’s father, in turn, asked the author of the abuse, a 24 -year -old man to assume the child’s fatherhood. The hospital that was prepared to perform the procedure requested permission from the father, who refused, leading the medical team to seek judicial support. Initially, Judge Maria do Socorro had authorized the interruption of pregnancy, but conditioned the decision to techniques that guaranteed the life of the fetus. However, she eventually suspended any abortion procedure.
The Public Prosecution Service, in turn, requested that the abortion be performed, but Judge Doraci Lamar Rosa da Silva Andrade, who is also being investigated, prohibited the interruption, accepting the request of the adolescent’s father. The judge justified her decision by stating that her father stated that “crime of rape is pending investigation”, even with Brazilian law considering any sexual intercourse with a person below 14 years as a vulnerable rape.
*Report produced with the aid of AI
Posted by Fernando Dias
