By AFP/AP/PNA/Xinhua Brasília – The Catholic Church in Brazil on Wednesday rejected calls supported by the United Nations (UN) to allow abortion in cases of the birth defect microcephaly. Abortion is restricted in Latin America’s biggest country to cases of rape, where the fetus has no brain, or where the mother’s life is in danger. In Australia, health authorities have again urged pregnant women not to undertake international travel after a pregnant woman in Queensland state became infected with the Zika virus, local media reported Thursday. Tonga has recorded seven Zika cases that were confirmed by laboratory blood tests, local media reported Wednesday. The UN human rights office has called on countries where the Zika virus is thought to be linked to a rash of microcephaly cases to relax laws and allow pregnant women with Zika to terminate. But Auxiliary Bishop Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, secretary general of the Brazilian Bishops’ Conference, [...]
