Bioethics and feminism: considerations about abortion.
Bioethics. Feminism. Abortion. Decriminalization. Abortion.
Introduction: Bioethics and its correlations allow us to better understand the entire trajectory of women in relation to autonomy and the perspectives aimed at the female being in situations of abortion. Objectives: The present study aims to analyze the contributions of studies on ethics, abortion, women's health and feminism. Methods: This is an Integrative Review with a search carried out in the Scielo, Lilacs and MedLine databases. Studies that met the following criteria were included: articles published in the years 2010 to 2020, addressing the theme of study and published in Portuguese. Duplicate articles in more than one database were excluded, which did not present a correlation in the summary with the objective of the study, and which did not have the full text available. It was possible to find a sample in a total of 17 studies, which were read in full, and later included in this review. Results: From the studies analyzed, it is noticeable that abortion is still a taboo subject, that women's right to choose their own bodies is established as a delicate issue to be treated, as well as, there is a need to improve health care. women's health. Conclusion: This review concludes that there is a need for more debate on improvements in women's health care, as well as professional ethics and humanization in the face of women who come to an abortion situation. Thus, it is essential to debate all judgments about the abortion of women and professionals who provide assistance.