Duarte Nanda Isele Gallas, Moraes Lorena Lima de, Andrade Cristiane Batista
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Pública, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca (ENSP), Fiocruz. R. Leopoldo Bulhões 1480, Manguinhos. 21041-210 Rio de Janeiro RJ Brasil.
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco. Serra Talhada PE Brasil.
Cien Saude Colet. 2018 Oct;23(10):3337-3346. doi: 10.1590/1413-812320182310.14062018.
This paper aims to analyze the narratives about abortion experiences available in an online community to discuss the methods and strategies to which women resort, facing the legal impossibility of voluntarily interrupting a pregnancy and the effects of the criminalization of induced abortion. The methodology used was virtual ethnography, observing the platform Women on Web, collection and analysis of 18 narratives publicly available without restrictions, selected between November 2016 and January 2017. The narratives report mixed methods to perform an abortion, with widespread use of Cytotec. Some cases include hospitals and medical clinics in the paths, whether to conduct examinations or attend to intercurrences. The internet appears as a popular tool to gather information, negotiate and even purchase abortive drugs, as well as a platform to share experiences. We concluded that the narratives point to insecurities, risks, and violence to which women are submitted in clandestine setting; they show the relevance of debate on decriminalizing abortion in Brazil, and also reinforce the existence of a shared abortion culture, as stated in other studies.
