MODERN-DAY INQUISITION: A REPORT ON CRIMINAL PERSECUTION, EXPOSURE OF INTIMACY AND VIOLATION OF RIGHTS IN BRAZIL

In April 2007, Brazilian media reported the existence of a 'Family Planning Clinic' that allegedly performed abortions in the city of Campo Grande (in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul). Three days later, the police raided the establishment and seized nearly 10,000 medical files, violating t...

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Published in:Sur : international journal on human rights 2013-12, Vol.10 (19), p.174-174
Main Author: da Costa, Alexandra Lopes
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abortion
Birth control
Brazil
Cities
Clinics
Crime and criminals
Criminal law
Family Planning
Females
Freedom
Human rights
Law
Liberty
Medical Decision Making
Offenders
Persecution
Police
Pregnancy
Privacy
Reproductive health
Rights
Women
Women's health
Womens health
Womens Rights
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Summary:In April 2007, Brazilian media reported the existence of a 'Family Planning Clinic' that allegedly performed abortions in the city of Campo Grande (in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul). Three days later, the police raided the establishment and seized nearly 10,000 medical files, violating the privacy of women who had dared to exercise the freedom to make decisions and control their own lives. The article tells this story, known as the 'case of the 10,000 women', so as to reflect on the restrictions on women's reproductive rights and to comment on the coercion resulting from the law that bans the voluntary termination of pregnancy in Brazil. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:1806-6445
1983-3342