Senso e contrassenso sobre o aborto no Brasil: tendências e perspectivas atuais

Abstract

The present work intends to analyze the questions related to the criminalization of abortion, verifying the arguments opposing and favorable to the withdrawal of the conduct on the Penal Code, as well as the perspectives and current trends on the theme. A complex subject, because involves questions that surpass the juridical area, abortion has been gaining relevance in legislative, jurisprudential and public health debates. Through a short course that involves a historical synthesis of the legislative evolution about the theme up until the current understanding on the subject, this work proposes the reevaluation of abortion’s typification as a criminal conduct, in sight of the inefficacy of the currently adopted criminal policy, and yet verifies the need for the State to treat the question as a problem related to women’s health.