Pena de um corpo só: a relação entre a violência contra a mulher e a decisão pelo aborto

• Ano de defesa: 2019
• Autor(a) principal: Talita Maciel Borges
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Brasil; MEDICINA - FACULDADE DE MEDICINA; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Promoção de Saúde e Prevenção da Violência; UFMG
• Palavras-chave em Português: Aborto; Violência contra a Mulher; Violência Sexual; Violência por Parceiro Íntimo; SAUVI; Delitos Sexuais; Promoção da Saúde
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/32500

This research investigated whether violence practiced against women living in Belo Horizonte and Betim contributed to their abortion, legal and/or illegal, and discuss the profile of those who had induced abortion. The study used secondary data from the household survey “Health and Violence: subsidies for the formulation of public policies for health promotion and prevention of violence” - SAUVI, carried out in the two cities mentioned, in 2014 and 2015, which aimed to gather information about the profile and factors associated with violence in this region. Data from the 1,421 women interviewed were used to analyze the outcome variables of women who reported having had abortion due to rape and/or other abortion, legal or illegal, as well as variables explaining the socio-demographic profile and experiences of violence suffered by these women. The results indicated that 5.9% of women in Belo Horizonte and Betim had already had an abortion, besides pointing out an important association between intimate partner violence and non-rape abortions, as well as the relationship between the experience of multiple violence and abortion. Arising from rape. The study also found that women who suffered sexual violence are 3.4 times more likely to have an abortion than women who did not suffer sexual violence, regardless of whether their pregnancy was a direct result of this particular violence.