Abstract
The procedures to be followed to provide safe legal abortion services towomen pregnant after rape
Highlights
Until 1996, there were only four public hospitals in Brazil, which occasionally provided legal abortion services to women victims of rape
The observation of that situation led the Center for Research on Human Reproduction of Campinas (CEMICAMP) together with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) to organize an Inter-professional Forum for the Implementation of Abortion according to the Law, in November of 1996
The Forums discussed both emergency services after rape and pregnancy termination for those who got pregnant, we describe below only the recommendations produced by the six first Forums in relation to legal termination of pregnancy, with some minimal additions, as for example, by including the use of mifepristone as a medical method for pregnancy termination, it is not available in Brazil until now (2017)
Summary
Until 1996, there were only four public hospitals in Brazil, which occasionally provided legal abortion services to women victims of rape. One University hospital in the city of Campinas, Sao Paulo State, and another in the city of Sao Paulo, provided these services, in rare occasions, until 1996 [1]. This situation was in contrast with a high incidence of sexual violence, both in the public environment and within the families [2], which many times resulted in absolutely unwanted pregnancies which almost always ended in an unsafe, clandestine abortion, more unsafe, the lower the women’s economic conditions.
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