Diniz Debora, Castro Rosana
Anis: Instituto de Bioética, Direitos Humanos e Gênero, Brasília, Brasil.
Cad Saude Publica. 2011 Jan;27(1):94-102. doi: 10.1590/s0102-311x2011000100010.
This article analyzes how the Brazilian news media covers the illegal market for misoprostol, the main drug used to induce abortion. A total of 1,429 news stories were retrieved from 220 print and electronic media channels from 2004 to 2009. The analysis included 524 stories from 62 regional and national newspapers. Misoprostol appeared repeatedly in the news, but was usually approached from a criminal perspective, unlike abortion as a whole, which the Brazilian media routinely covers as a religious, political, and public health issue. Misoprostol is part of the illegal gender-related drug market, along with drugs for weight loss and erectile dysfunction and anabolic steroids. Sixty-four (12%) of the news stories told life histories of women who had aborted with misoprostol. The women's ages ranged from 13 to 46 years, and socioeconomic status was associated with different experiences with abortion. Three characters appeared in the women's abortion itineraries: girlfriends (confidantes), go-betweens, and physicians. Stories of late-stage abortion are confused with the criminal characterization of infanticide and provide the extreme cases in the media's narrative on abortion.
本文分析了巴西新闻媒体如何报道米索前列醇的非法市场，米索前列醇是用于诱导堕胎的主要药物。2004年至2009年期间，从220个印刷和电子媒体渠道共检索到1429篇新闻报道。分析包括来自62家地区和全国性报纸的524篇报道。米索前列醇在新闻中反复出现，但通常是从犯罪角度进行报道，这与巴西媒体通常将堕胎作为一个宗教、政治和公共卫生问题进行报道的整体情况不同。米索前列醇与减肥药物、勃起功能障碍药物和合成代谢类固醇一样，属于与性别相关的非法药物市场。64篇（12%）新闻报道讲述了使用米索前列醇堕胎的女性的生活经历。这些女性的年龄在13岁至46岁之间，社会经济地位与不同的堕胎经历相关。在女性的堕胎过程中出现了三个角色：女性朋友（知己）、中间人以及医生。晚期堕胎的故事与杀婴的犯罪特征相混淆，并在媒体关于堕胎的叙述中提供了极端案例。
