The right to abortion in Brazil: between attempts to regress and oppose

Authors

  • Nayara André Damião Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL)
  • Cássia Maria Carloto Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47456/argumentum.v15i1.38968

Abstract

This article discusses the right to abortion as a reproductive right. In Brazil, the fight for this right has always been permeated by the dispute between conservatives and the feminist movement. While feminists seek the right to decide about their own bodies and lives, conservative interventions to prevent the right to abortion under any circumstances rely on the participation and alliances of religious sectors of the Catholic and Evangelical churches, linked to political parties. The analysis retrieves this argument from the 1940s and applies it to current conservatism and its attack on the right to abortion. The basis of the debate lies in doctoral research which identified the sophisticated strategies and the intensification of conservative actions employed to hinder the right to abortion, and the fundamental role of feminists in preventing regression and keeping alive the fight for the right to choose.

Keywords: Reproductive rights. Abortion. Conservatism. Feminist Movement.

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Author Biographies

Nayara André Damião, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL)

Assistente Social. Doutora em Serviço Social e Política Social. Assistente Social na Prefeitura Municipal de Londrina. Professora Assistente na Universidade Estadual de Londrina. (UEL, Londrina, Brasil).

Cássia Maria Carloto, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL)

Assistente Social. Doutora em Serviço Social. Docente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Serviço Social e Política Social do Departamento de Serviço Social da Universidade Estadual de Londrina. (UEL, Londrina, Brasil).

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Published

24-04-2023

How to Cite

Damião, N. A., & Carloto, C. M. (2023). The right to abortion in Brazil: between attempts to regress and oppose. Argumentum, 15(1), 53–67. https://doi.org/10.47456/argumentum.v15i1.38968

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 1 (2023): Sexualidade, direitos sexuais e reprodutivos em tempos de avanço conservador

Section

Thematic Articles

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