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0042/2012 - “Those of you, who have never had an abortion, raise your hand!” Rethinking ethnographic data on the dissemination of abortion practices among low-income populations in Brazil.
“Levante a mão aqui quem nunca tirou criança!”: Revisitando dados etnográficos sobre a disseminação de práticas abortivas em populações de baixa-renda no Brasil.

Author:

• Ondina Fachel Leal - Leal, O. Fachel - Porto Alegre, RS - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - <ofachelleal@gmail.com>

Thematic Area:

Ciências Sociais

Abstract:

Departing from recently published research findings on abortion rates, this paper re-examines original ethnographic data on abortion in order to establish a discussion on the magnitude of the abortion, its cultural configuration and its social legitimacy among low-income populations in Brazil. Based in two different ethnographic studies, this paper presents an estimate of the prevalence of abortion of around of 34%; describes abortion practices; and the social representation of what abortion means in a given context. The empirical investigations assessed here, although not recent, aims to contribute toward evidenced-based analyses on the rationale of women‘s decision-making processes regarding induced and unsafe abortion. The data allow us to construct an abortion typology, classifying it as tolerable, prescribed and objectionable and point out to a fluidity of meanings regarding pregnancy interruption practices. It is possible to infer that the magnitude of the problem of abortion, both with regard to number of cases and the existing diversity of abortion practices and methods, has not changed over a period of 20 year in Brazil.

Keywords:

Unsafe abortion Ethnography Misoprostol

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Leal, O. Fachel. “Those of you, who have never had an abortion, raise your hand!” Rethinking ethnographic data on the dissemination of abortion practices among low-income populations in Brazil.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2012/Mar). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/those-of-you-who-have-never-had-an-abortion-raise-your-hand-rethinking-ethnographic-data-on-the-dissemination-of-abortion-practices-among-lowincome-populations-in-brazil/9446?id=9446



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