Zika and abortion in Brazilian newspapers: how a new outbreak revived an old debate on reproductive rights.
Sex Reprod Health Matters
; 27(2): 1586818, 2019 May.
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ABSTRACT
Since the beginning of the Zika virus epidemic, the Brazilian Ministry of Health has reported over 2000 confirmed cases of microcephaly associated with Zika virus in Brazil, with the cases concentrated in the northeast states. The Zika epidemic reopened a debate in Brazil that has played out in the national newspapers about expanding the abortion law to provide autonomy and legal protection to women. The argument for expanding the abortion law to include microcephaly secondary to Zika virus infection called for autonomy for women and, more broadly, protection of reproductive rights. The argument against expanding the current abortion law was separated into two main moral veins those citing eugenics and those citing religious beliefs. However, the debate on abortion in the case of microcephaly accomplished more than giving a voice to two different viewpoints; it exposed health disparities that exist in Brazil, which were magnified by Zika virus, and reopened the political arena for discussion of the abortion law.
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Bases de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Complicaciones Infecciosas del Embarazo
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Aborto Inducido
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Infección por el Virus Zika
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Microcefalia
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
País/Región como asunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Sex Reprod Health Matters
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos