Violência Obstétrica: a violação ao corpo e ao direito de tratamento digno às mulheres gestantes.

Abstract

Obstetric violence is a violation that occurs during the gestational period, occurring from prenatal care to the puerperium, and it can be affected in different ways and means by health professionals who should ensure the protection and integrity of the pregnant woman. Affected by several women, regardless of age, marital status, race and education, any woman is likely to suffer such abuse, and many of them believe they are adequate processes for their pregnancy monitoring and/or obstetric procedure. However, it is often a crime that the guilty are not held responsible for their acts, therefore, if they are not held responsible and there is no protection, public policies and specific federal law to combat such acts and define obstetric violence in Brazil, therefore they will continue to be practiced. For this reason, the importance of the debate on obstetric violence in society in general, of the dissemination of pregnant women's rights, of an awareness campaign, as well as the surveillance and observance of public authorities, public policies of combat, the accountability of professionals for their acts, and mainly, of a specific federal law. Keywords: Obstetric violence. Public policy. Responsibilities. Keyword 4. Keyword 5. Pregnant Woman's Rights