In a country where one woman dies every two days from a botched abortion, the internet is sometimes the only option.
By Leonardo Coelho, a Brazilian journalist based in Rio de Janeiro.
JULY 8, 2022
Under a run-of-the-mill news clip posted on YouTube in 2012 covering Brazil’s online black market of abortion pills, something strange has happened in the comments section. Even though the video is a decade old, the comments—now totaling more than 68,000—continue to pile up every day.
Nearly all the new comments appear to be from female users with phone numbers in their usernames. Although it’s not entirely clear who these users are, they seem to be promoting mysterious individuals with names like Alice and Maísa who can provide “Cyto.”
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