Legal abortion in Brazil and as limitations to the exercise of women's autonomy

Abstract

Although the socio-cultural context allows us to glimpse new perspectives regarding women's rights -considering the time lapse in the acquisition of these rights, which are quite recent -there are still many factors and obstacles that directly impact on the subjectivity of women and, mainly, on autonomy over one's own body. Although the feminist movement is making great strides in favor of liberation in the face of a scenario that, until recently, did not even allow the right to vote, the rights and guarantees won have not yet directly influenced sociocultural awareness, which still maintains conservative and orthodox control and punishment. Thus, there are still several challenges faced by women, such as the decision or not for motherhood and abortion, the focus of the present work and in which it questions the exercise of autonomy over the body itself, in view of the social, ideological and punitive control exercised by the State.