DESCRIMINALIZAÇÃO DO ABORTO PERANTE O SUPREMO TRIBUNAL FEDERAL (STF)

Abstract

This work intends to analyze the topic of abortion in Brazil, seeking to demonstrate the debate that surrounds the topic. Clandestine abortion or unsafe abortion corresponds, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), to a procedure with the aim of terminating a pregnancy, but carried out by people without the necessary skills or in an environment without the standardization for carrying out procedures. doctors, or the concentration of two factors, putting women's lives at risk. This practice has been the object of study in several areas of knowledge, Law is also one of them, with greater repercussions in Criminal Law, since the practice of abortion is considered a crime in Brazil. Brazilian society still presents a lot of resistance in dealing with issues related to sexuality, considered taboo in its various dimensions. As a result, women are affected by unscheduled and often unwanted pregnancies. And, related to this, not restricted only to Brazil, the practice of interrupting pregnancy, also known as abortion, is present. Even though it is considered a crime, there are significant numbers of the practice and many women are conditioned to do it clandestinely. To this end, the positions of civil society and the Federal Supreme Court will be presented regarding the topic, the way in which the practice of abortion is treated by the Brazilian Penal Code, then opposing the perspective that conceives abortion as a matter of public health.