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BRAZIL, Jan 16 (LSN) – As Brazil’s Congress debates a bill that would allow rape victims to have publicly funded abortions in public hospitals, a Brazilian lingerie company put out an ad promoting abortion.  The company published a two-page ad the national news-magazine Istoe.  The ad depicted a woman in lingerie between two men about to rape her with the caption reading, “Legalize abortion fast.  I don’t want to wait.”  On Thursday, Brazil’s government asked Brazil’s self-regulating advertising industry to pull the ad.  The lingerie company could face a $1.7 million fine from the government Consumer Protection Agency for “abusive advertising.”