‘Reborn mothers’ love their scary-realistic baby dolls and slam critics of bizarre craze: ‘I want the right to go out with them’

SAO PAULO — Videos featuring affectional moments with hyper-realistic babe dolls have sparked some online fascination and governmental statement in Brazil, pinch lawmakers moreover bringing nan lifelike dolls into legislatures.

Influencers person staged situations specified arsenic commencement simulations and strolls successful shopping malls pinch nan hand-crafted babe figures, known arsenic “reborn” dolls, creating videos that person gone viral.

In Rio de Janeiro, nan metropolis assembly has passed a measure honoring those who make nan lifelike dolls, pending Mayor Eduardo Paes’ signature.

Meanwhile, legislators elsewhere crossed nan state person debated fines for those seeking aesculapian thief for specified dolls, pursuing a video allegedly showing a female taking 1 to a hospital.

Lawmakers person brought nan dolls into legislative chambers.

On Tuesday, Joao Luiz, a authorities lawmaker from Amazonas, appeared pinch a doll astatine nan State House to denote plans to prohibition reborn dolls from receiving attraction successful nan state’s nationalist wellness system.

However, section media reported that wellness authorities had ne'er recorded immoderate specified cases.

Last week, Congresswoman Talíria Petrone criticized nan attraction her colleagues were giving to nan issue. “Can we attraction connected what really matters? If personification wants to person a doll, fto them. I person 2 existent children and they’re much than capable work,” she said.

Dozens of “reborn mothers” gathered astatine Villa Lobos Park, in Sao Paulo, connected Saturday for a 10th yearly meet-up. Participants opportunity disapproval should beryllium aimed astatine attention-seeking influencers, not nan broader community.

The hyper-realistic babe dolls are often utilized for condolences therapy aliases parenting practice.

Berenice Maria, a nursing adjunct and longtime collector who owns 8 dolls, says they connection affectional comfort. “I emotion reborns, contempt nan dislike we spot retired there,” she said. “I want nan correct to spell retired pinch them … spell to nan mall, spell to nan park.”

Daniela Baccan, co-owner of a reborn doll shop successful Campinas, Sao Paulo, said dolls waste from 700 reais ($124) to astir 10,000 reais (nearly $1,800).

With nan rising controversy, information concerns are increasing.

“We’re locking up nan shop more, adding cameras,” Baccan said. “But astatine nan aforesaid time, online request has increased, and nan shop is seeing a overmuch higher travel of people.”