The implementation of women's reproductive and sexual rights in light of the 1988 Federal Constitution Lylian Bastos Lima da Silva, Renata Salgado Lema

Abstract

Women's sexual and reproductive rights include the right to control and make responsible decisions about issues related to their sexuality and sexual and reproductive health, and therefore have become relevant issues in our current society. This paper presents an analysis of the International Human Rights Treaties, the Federal Constitution of 1988, and the Family Planning Law, with a focus on public policies related to women's health, voluntary sterilization and its specificities, access to contraceptive methods on a national scale, and the institution of sexual education in schools, to show how these rights have evolved over the decades. The study is developed through bibliographical research, based on surveys of doctrine, legislation, and analysis of documents related to the subject. Through the analysis of this subject, we can conclude that despite the social changes that have occurred, such as national programs focused on these rights and human rights conferences, reproductive and sexual rights have not yet achieved the due constitutional prominence.