University of Miami Miller School of Medicine , Miami , FL , USA.
Department of Public Health Sciences, Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy , University of Miami Miller School of Medicine , Miami , FL , USA.
Sex Reprod Health Matters. 2019 May;27(2):1586818. doi: 10.1080/26410397.2019.1586818.
Since the beginning of the Zika virus epidemic, the Brazilian Ministry of Health has reported over 2000 confirmed cases of microcephaly associated with Zika virus in Brazil, with the cases concentrated in the northeast states. The Zika epidemic reopened a debate in Brazil that has played out in the national newspapers about expanding the abortion law to provide autonomy and legal protection to women. The argument for expanding the abortion law to include microcephaly secondary to Zika virus infection called for autonomy for women and, more broadly, protection of reproductive rights. The argument against expanding the current abortion law was separated into two main moral veins: those citing eugenics and those citing religious beliefs. However, the debate on abortion in the case of microcephaly accomplished more than giving a voice to two different viewpoints; it exposed health disparities that exist in Brazil, which were magnified by Zika virus, and reopened the political arena for discussion of the abortion law.
自寨卡病毒疫情爆发以来，巴西卫生部已报告超过 2000 例与寨卡病毒相关的小头畸形确诊病例，这些病例集中在东北部各州。寨卡疫情在巴西重新引发了一场争论，该争论在全国性报纸上展开，讨论扩大堕胎法，为妇女提供自主权和法律保护。扩大堕胎法以包括寨卡病毒感染引起的小头畸形的论点呼吁赋予妇女自主权，更广泛地说，保护生殖权利。反对扩大现行堕胎法的论点分为两条主要的道德脉络：那些引用优生学的和那些引用宗教信仰的。然而，在小头畸形的情况下，关于堕胎的辩论不仅为两种不同观点提供了一个发声的机会，还暴露了巴西存在的健康差异，而寨卡病毒则放大了这些差异，并为堕胎法的讨论重新开启了政治舞台。
