Podcast: women’s reproductive rights in Brazil – 03/08/2024 – Podcasts

Decisions from other countries have heated up the debate on reproductive rights in Brazil. France approved on Monday (4) the inclusion of the right to abortion in the country’s Constitution – the first in the world to apply the measure. It was a symbolic response to the decision of the United States Supreme Court, which in 2022 overturned the decision that guaranteed access to abortion nationally. Both movements have influence here, in conservative and progressive groups that participate in this debate.

Reproductive rights, however, are not limited to access to abortion, even though they are often associated with the topic. This umbrella includes measures such as sexual education, contraceptive methods, conception methods and other measures that guarantee the choice of having or not having children and, if so, how and when to have them.

Even in areas where Brazil has solid policies, such as access to contraception, what is on paper does not always work. The SUS, which should offer contraceptive methods such as copper IUDs and injectable contraceptives and tablets, has bottlenecks such as lack of medication and delays in procedures. The problems violate Brazilian law 9,263/1996, which provides for actions to guarantee the right to family planning.

This Friday’s episode (8) of the Café da Manhã podcast discusses how reproductive rights are progressing in Brazil and analyzes how this debate meets social pressures faced by women. The podcast interviews the editor of the Todas initiative, from SheetVictoria Damasceno, who coordinated a series of reports on the topic.

The audio program is published on Spotify, a streaming service partner of Sheet in the initiative and which specializes in music, podcast and video. You can listen to the episode by clicking above. To access the app, simply register for free.

Café da Manhã is published from Monday to Friday, always at the beginning of the day. The episode is presented by journalists Gabriela Mayer and Magê Flores, produced by Laila Mouallem and Carolina Moraes and sound editing by Thomé Granemann.