ArticleCadernos de saude publica2026
[The "danger of delay" in access to legal abortion in Brazil: the experience of 111 women].
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This study analyzes the barriers women, adolescents, and girls face in accessing legal abortion in Brazil by monitoring Projeto Vivas (a civil society organization for access to information on legal abortion) from February to November 2025. This study dialogues with the decision of the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court, which denied the urgency to the request toward expanding nurses' role in legal abortion procedures. This time-descriptive study assessed the barriers for access to legal abortion in Brazil, especially the need for travel. In total, 111 women had to travel from their municipalities for an abortion, averaging 1,307km (half had to travel over 1,000km). Almost all cases stemmed from rape; 67.5% sought the Vivas Project before the 12th week of their pregnancy (during which the procedure entails low complexity). Participants' profile indicates social and economic vulnerability: 69.3% earned an income of up to two minimum wages and 49.5% were Black. The most frequent barriers included care refusal, lack of physicians and referral services, and mistaken requirements. Long distances and waiting times delay care and can configure cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Health policies to decentralize care and expand professionals trained for legal abortion in primary care (such as nurses) agree with WHO guidelines and deserve consideration to address the barriers identified in this study.
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