Abortion

Abortion is responsible for one third of deaths among adolescents 15-19 years. This is due to the fact that most of them perform this procedure in clandestine clinics and poor hygienic conditions, alone or unqualified individuals, and the use of drugs that induce abortion.

An epidemiological study conducted in a hospital in the city of Bauru, SP, showed alarming data regarding abortion among adolescents, such as the fact that they, unlike adult women after an abortion, tend to stay more days in hospital, which causes, apart from losses biopsychosocial high cost for the Health System

And particularly, it has been found that girls between 10 and 14 had high rates of abortion. This demonstrates the importance of adapting the current sexual education campaigns to this new reality. As parents of children should also, as today, there is still bias as many of them to approach the subject early in schools. However, currently the same children are inserted in a society increasingly explicit in relation to sex in the media, from the music, television programs, even the family environment.

Considering these facts, and other numbers, such as 3 million abortions in inadequate conditions that were practiced among adolescents in developing countries (in 2008), it becomes necessary to consider what impact would the legalization of abortion in Brazil.

As legalization could reduce the number of deaths and complications of abortion, one must consider the cultural and educational aspects of Brazilian society and the impact of this major step in it.