A violência obstrétrica durante o parto: reflexo na dignidade da pessoa humana e possibilidade de responsabilizaçaõ pelo dano causado.

Abstract

The obstetric violence is a violence against women category still little known and fought in Brazil. It is a silent aggression practiced by health professional in public or private institutions through inhuman acts and unnecessary procedures performed in the labor execution. It is every women right to have a good prenatal treatment, being conserved the physical and psychological integrity. This kind of violence is characterized by physical, psychological, institutional, material and media acts, also by unnecessary procedures that abusively intervene in the woman body and reproductive process. As examples of procedures that show obstetric violence there are the episitomia, the interventions with didactic finalities, the tricotomia, the enema, use of oxytocin, frequent touch exams, the Kisteller maneuver, the artificial break of the placenta and the woman position in labor time. They are argument objects among health professionals involved in labor and by the general population. A lot of women in labor questions those conducts, stating that they are not based on scientific evidences, as many health professionals debate. This research aim is to take knowledge to the population about their rights, specially the women in labor. To show them they are supported by legal devices and if they are disrespected, they can request a civil reparation, or the aggressor to be criminally responsible for his acts, or both simultaneously. To achieve those goals, it will be used as scientific approach the deductive method, with an law analysis, doctrine and other legal devices.