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The Two Sides of the Pill in Brazil]</ref> In 1996, Brazil passed a law ("Lei Nº 9.263, De 12 De Janeiro De 1996") that legalized female sterilization<ref>[http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Leis/L9263.htm LEI Nº 9.263, DE 12 DE JANEIRO DE 1996]</ref> This law requires spousal consent prior to sterilization. In addition, it applies to any "man or woman with full citizen’s rights and older than 25 years of age, or who has at least two living children, such that s/he observe at minimum a 60-day period between the request and surgery, in which the person must have access to fertility regulation services, including counseling by a multidisciplinary team, in order to discourage premature sterilization."<ref>[http://www.riogringa.com/my_weblog/2012/10/female-sterilization-in-brazil.html Rio Gringa: Female Sterilization in Brazil]</ref> | The Two Sides of the Pill in Brazil]</ref> In 1996, Brazil passed a law ("Lei Nº 9.263, De 12 De Janeiro De 1996") that legalized female sterilization<ref>[http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Leis/L9263.htm LEI Nº 9.263, DE 12 DE JANEIRO DE 1996]</ref> This law requires spousal consent prior to sterilization. In addition, it applies to any "man or woman with full citizen’s rights and older than 25 years of age, or who has at least two living children, such that s/he observe at minimum a 60-day period between the request and surgery, in which the person must have access to fertility regulation services, including counseling by a multidisciplinary team, in order to discourage premature sterilization."<ref>[http://www.riogringa.com/my_weblog/2012/10/female-sterilization-in-brazil.html Rio Gringa: Female Sterilization in Brazil]</ref> | ||
In 2007, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced a plan to provide cheap birth control ($2.40 for a one year supply) to over 10,000 Brazilian pharmacies. While birth control was already available for free at government-run pharmacies, many of the country's poor did not visit the public pharmacies. For this reason, the plan aimed to reach private pharmacies,<ref>[http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/brazil-subsidizes-birth-control-pills/ Brazil subsidizes birth-control pills]</ref> thereby allowing the poor to have "the same right that the wealthy have to plan the number of children they want."<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/28/AR2007052800637.html Brazil to Subsidize Birth Control Pills]</ref> | In 2007, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced a plan to provide cheap birth control ($2.40 for a one year supply) to over 10,000 Brazilian pharmacies. While birth control was already available for free at government-run pharmacies, many of the country's poor did not visit the public pharmacies. For this reason, the plan aimed to reach private pharmacies,<ref>[Seattle Times: http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/brazil-subsidizes-birth-control-pills/ Brazil subsidizes birth-control pills]</ref> thereby allowing the poor to have "the same right that the wealthy have to plan the number of children they want."<ref>[Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/28/AR2007052800637.html Brazil to Subsidize Birth Control Pills]</ref> | ||
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