• A woman with the word 'Legalize' painted across her mouth marches against a recent congressional committee vote to make abortion illegal without exception nationwide, in Rio de Janeiro Nov. 13. Abortion is currently allowed in cases of rape, a pregnancy that threatens a woman's life or a fetus with anencephaly, but the committee adopted a measure that would remove those exceptions. | AP
    A woman with the word "Legalize" painted across her mouth marches against a recent congressional committee vote to make abortion illegal without exception nationwide, in Rio de Janeiro Nov. 13. Abortion is currently allowed in cases of rape, a pregnancy that threatens a woman's life or a fetus with anencephaly, but the committee adopted a measure that would remove those exceptions. | AP

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RIO DE JANEIRO – More pregnant women could die in Brazil if it passes a law banning all abortions on Tuesday, including in cases of rape or when the mother’s life is in danger, critics said.

Thousands of women took to Brazil’s streets earlier this month to protest the bill, which is supported by increasingly influential evangelical Christian groups.

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