Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:26:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Frediano Teodoro.pdf: 2187368 bytes, checksum: 975366d3781c6a80d572caa971ad12a8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-05-17 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / The amazing technological advances in prenatal exams have reintroduced discussions on the right to abortion. The possibility of observing the development of the fetus since its early stages and being able to detect possible abnormalities in advance creates a new legal scenario involving the possibility of ending pregnancy before its term that is, abortion when doctors verify the existence of malformation that can make life outside the womb impossible. Since the early 1990 s, hundreds of court decisions have authorized the early ending of pregnancy in view of a serious fetal abnormality, mainly in the cases of anencephaly. The defenders of this new type of abortion, the so-called eugenic abortion, allege that the elimination of the fetus should be authorized as it does not stand any chances of surviving. Some define it as a stillborn child, thus creating an analogy between anencephaly and brain death. Moreover, they say that submitting a woman to withstand pregnancy of an anencephalic child can be compared to submitting her to cruel or degrading treatment, as, at the end of the nine-month term the child will die, which means the mother will suffer unbearable distress. The purpose of this work is to alert the defenders of eugenic abortion that the abnormal fetus is a living being and eliminating it on the grounds that it shows physical characteristics that do not meet the parents expectations is a crime aggravated by motivation based on prejudice and, further, it is the first step towards the implementation of a eugenic, racist policy, leading to the purification of the human race, which has been repelled by the Brazilian Constitution. / Com o espantoso avanço tecnológico dos exames pré-natais, reacende a discussão em torno do direito ao aborto. A possibilidade de se observar o desenvolvimento do feto, desde os seus primeiros momentos, e diagnosticar antecipadamente eventuais anomalias, cria uma situação jurídica nova sobre a possibilidade de interrupção da gravidez leia-se aborto quando constatadas deformidades que tornem o feto incompatível com a vida extra-uterina. Desde o início da década de 1990, centenas de decisões judiciais autorizaram a interrupção da gravidez em razão de grave anomalia fetal, principalmente nos casos de anencefalia. Os defensores dessa nova modalidade de aborto, o aborto eugênico, alegam que a eliminação do feto deve ser autorizada, pois ele não tem a mínima chance de sobreviver. Alguns chegam a defini-lo como natimorto, criando uma analogia entre a anencefalia e a morte cerebral. Além disso, afirmam que submeter a mulher a uma gravidez de um filho anencéfalo seria o mesmo que submetê-la a um tratamento cruel ou degradante, pois, ao final dos nove meses, seu filho irá perecer, o que significaria um enorme tormento para ela. Este trabalho tem o objetivo de alertar os defensores do aborto eugênico que o feto anômalo é um ser vivo e eliminá-lo, pelo fato de apresentar características físicas aquém das desejadas pelos seus pais, além de ser um crime agravado pela motivação de cunho preconceituoso, é o primeiro passo para a implantação de uma política eugênica, racista, de purificação da raça humana, rechaçada pela Constituição Federal brasileira.

Submitted by Rangel Sousa Jamile Kelly (jamile.kelly@ufba.br) on 2017-07-14T20:19:14Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Final 25 out. 2016.pdf: 1306304 bytes, checksum: 741ec73f49322bb60d63147bdf7e2065 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Oliveira Santos Dilzaná (dilznana@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-07-28T12:58:01Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Final 25 out. 2016.pdf: 1306304 bytes, checksum: 741ec73f49322bb60d63147bdf7e2065 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-28T12:58:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Final 25 out. 2016.pdf: 1306304 bytes, checksum: 741ec73f49322bb60d63147bdf7e2065 (MD5) / CAPES, CNPq / Este trabalho busca reconstituir fatos da história recente dos movimentos feministas brasileiros dentro do leque mais ampliado dos movimentos sociais surgidos a partir das décadas de 1960/1970 e pela forma como conflitos instaurados e absorções de demandas se estabelecem na relação com o Estado a partir da instituição de mecanismos de participação e da instalação de instâncias governamentais voltadas para a implementação de políticas públicas para as mulheres. Realizado através de pesquisa documental e de entrevistas, está circunscrito ao debate em torno da revisão da legislação que criminaliza a prática do aborto no Brasil. A delimitação temporal desta pesquisa corresponde aos períodos anteriores e imediatamente posteriores às I e II Conferências Nacionais de Políticas para as Mulheres (primeiro e segundo mandatos Lula). Trata, também, de outra iniciativa que aconteceu de forma paralela: a instauração de um debate no Supremo Tribunal Federal sobre a aprovação de um permissivo para os casos de anencefalia, aprofundando sobre as diversas táticas desenvolvidas para a ampliação da legislação existente desde 1940. / This work seeks to reconstitute facts of the recent history of Brazilian feminist movements, within the broader group of social movements that have emerged starting in the nineteen sixties and seventies and by the way in which established conflicts and absorption of demands are established in the relationship with the States, starting from the institution of participation mechanisms and the implementation of government bodies that aimed to put in motion public policies for women. Made through documental research and interview, this work circumscribes the debate around reviewing the legislation that criminalizes abortion in Brazil. The time delimitation of this research corresponds to the periods before and immediately after the First and Second National Conferences of Policies for Women (during Lula´s first and second terms). This work is also about another initiative that has happened at the same time: the establishment of a debate in the Supreme Federal Court regarding the approval of a permissive for cases of anencephaly, furthering the work on several tactics developed to broaden the legislation that exists since 1940.

The idea of universal applicability of human rights has been a symbol of hope that peace and justice in the world is possible, since the late 1940s. Although it is a fiction, and anthropology can proof this bringing countless evidence, strong general awareness of this idea still inspires many in their strive for freedom and dignity as well as opposition to violence. The aim of this thesis is to bring two controversial examples, illustrating how and why value-driven struggle for promotion of human rights fails. The aim is nevertheless not to compromise this noble idea but to contribute to its more thorough understanding as well as more effective implementation. A chapter on so called female genital circumcision (also known as female genital mutilation) offers critical analyses of the international campaign for eradication of this practice, led by international feminist movement since the late 1970s. The attention is drawn mainly to manipulation of facts and unfair argumentation, thanks to which the so called female genital circumcision was labelled cruel practice of backward societies serving degradation and control of women, making more structured understanding of reality impossible. A chapter dedicated to abortion tries to see political and cultural influences hidden under the surface of debate on...

The idea of universal applicability of human rights has been a symbol of hope that peace and justice in the world is possible, since the late 1940s. Although it is a fiction, and anthropology can proof this bringing countless evidence, strong general awareness of this idea still inspires many in their strive for freedom and dignity as well as opposition to violence. The aim of this thesis is to bring two controversial examples, illustrating how and why value-driven struggle for promotion of human rights fails. The aim is nevertheless not to compromise this noble idea but to contribute to its more thorough understanding as well as more effective implementation. A chapter on so called female genital circumcision (also known as female genital mutilation) offers critical analyses of the international campaign for eradication of this practice, led by international feminist movement since the late 1970s. The attention is drawn mainly to manipulation of facts and unfair argumentation, thanks to which the so called female genital circumcision was labelled cruel practice of backward societies serving degradation and control of women, making more structured understanding of reality impossible. A chapter dedicated to abortion tries to see political and cultural influences hidden under the surface of debate on...