Abortion in Brazil
Legislation, reality and options
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3972157 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alessandra Casanova Guedes (0000-0002-0863-277X), Alessandra Guedes (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 16 |
| Pages | 66-76 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Reproductive Health Matters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0968-8080 • E-ISSN: 1460-9576 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1016/s0968-8080(00)90188-5 |
| PMID | 11424252 |
| OpenAlex | W2131079681 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 13 |
Abortion is illegal in Brazil except when performed to save the woman's life or in cases of rape. This paper gives a brief history of parliamentary and extra-parliamentary efforts to change abortion-related legislation in Brazil in the past 60 years, the contents of some of the 53 bills that have been tabled in that time, the non-governmental stakeholders involved and the debate itself in recent decades. The authorities in Brazil have never assumed full public responsibility for reproductive health care or family planning, let alone legal abortion; the ambivalence of the medical profession is an important obstacle. Most politicians avoid getting involved in the abortion debate, but the majority of bills in the 1990s have favoured less restrictive legislation. Incremental legislative and health service changes could help to improve the situation for women. Advocacy is probably the most important action, to promote an environment conducive to change. Clandestine abortion is a serious public health problem in Brazil, and the inadequacy of family planning services is one of the causes of this problem. The solutions should be made a priority for the Brazilian public health system
Abortion · Abortion law · Ambivalence · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Family planning · Health care · Legislation · Legislature · Political science · Population · Pregnancy · Public health · Reproductive health · Unsafe abortion · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Global Maternal and Child Health · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Public Administration · Reproductive Health and Contraception
Brazilian Public Policies for Reproductive Health
Ethnophysiology and Contraceptive Use Among Low-Income Women in Urban Brazil
The terrain of health policy analysis in low and middle income countries
Fatores de risco e preditores para o aborto induzido
Making legal abortion available in Brazil
Making Legal Abortion Accessible in Brazil
Global Progress in Abortion Advocacy and Policy
The changing landscape of abortion care
Sexuality, Color, and Stigma among Northeast Brazilian Women
Religion and Attitudes Toward Abortion and Abortion Policy in Brazil
FromSub- toSuper-Citizenship
The Politics of Population in Brazil
The new politics of population
The Clandestine Epidemic
Women's hidden transcripts about abortion in Brazil
Women's health and the privatization of fertility control in Brazil
The Politics of Population in Brazil
Population Policy and Feminist Political Action in Three Developing Countries
Power and Decision
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,42 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2020 (21) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |