We are grateful for this opportunity to reply to the letter by Diniz whose work in defense of women’s rights is greatly admired. We would like to thank her for using our article to give context to the very important discussion of legalization of termination of pregnancy in Brazil, and for expanding it to include reproductive rights and social protection to women and children.
Our article was written very early in the epidemic, and although we had limited space, we felt it was important to raise the issue of reproductive choice. We note that in countries where terminations are legal (e.g., French Polynesia, United States, and Slovenia), more affected women choose to terminate.
We would like to support the application by the group that is led by Diniz to the Brazilian Supreme Court based on the human rights argument, demanding the right of a woman to be freed of the psychological torture imposed by the epidemic. We hope the application will be successful.