Esterilização feminina no Brasil e seus desdobramentos jurídico-sociais na atualidade

Abstract

The search for women’s autonomy is constant, especially in relation to their sexual and reproductive rights. For a long time, women were seen as beings destined for procreation and caring for the home, children and husband, and should be obedient, dedicated and loving. As the years passed and through many social struggles, women began to play more active and important roles in society. Despite numerous achievements, many rights are still violated and some laws end up hindering access to these rights. The Reproductive Planning Law is one of them, which ends up hindering voluntary sterilization, establishing criteria that affect more directly the female public. In this way, it seeks to analyze the legal innovations regarding voluntary sterilization, as well as its relation with the principle of women’s autonomy to decide on their family planning. This work is justified by the importance of debating about women’s rights, especially in relation to their bodies, even though this is such a frequent topic. This is a bibliographic research of exploratory character that was carried out in books and academic articles. Voluntary sterilization is a guarantee to the sexuality, intimacy, autonomy and rights of women, as anything else that is done respecting their will.