Descriminalização do aborto no Brasil: custos estimados para o Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS)

Ana Helena Baptista Rodrigues

doi:10.46551/epp2024v12n0210

Authors

Ana Helena Baptista Rodrigues University of São Paulo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3752-4142 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3752-4142

DOI:

10.46551/epp2024v12n0210

Keywords:

abortion, abortion cost, public health, Brazilian Unified Health System

Abstract

In Brazil, abortion on demand of the woman is a crime, and the procedure is only allowed in cases of rape, risk of maternal death or anencephalic fetus. However, estimates by the Ministry of Health account for around one million illegal procedures per year in Brazil, which demonstrates the ineffectiveness of its criminalization. Faced with the possibility of the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) to revoke the articles that criminalize abortion in the Penal Code, this work estimated at US$ 102.8 million per year the expenses that the Unified Health System (SUS) would have if abortion were decriminalized and offered free of charge. This value represents a reduction of approximately US$ 90 million per year in the monetary loss of keeping abortion illegal in the country.

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Author Biography

Ana Helena Baptista Rodrigues, University of São Paulo

PhD candidate in International Relations at the University of São Paulo. She holds a Master's degree in Economics from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and a Master's degree in International Relations from the University of São Paulo. She has a Bachelor's degree in Social Communication with a major in Journalism from the School of Communications and Arts at the University of São Paulo. She is the coordinator of monitoring, evaluation, and international advocacy for the National Campaign for the Right to Education. She represents the institution on the National Commission of Sustainable Development Goals of the Federal Government, as well as in the Women's Major Group and the Education and Academia Stakeholder Group, official civil society groups involved in the United Nations processes on Sustainable Development.

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