Obstetric violence: a new framework for identifying challenges to maternal healthcare in Argentina

Argentina has recognized women’s right to not be subjected to obstetric violence, the violence exercised by health personnel on the body and reproductive processes of pregnant women, as expressed through dehumanizing treatment, medicalization abuse, and the conversion of natural processes of reproduction into pathological ones. Argentina’s legislative decision to frame this abuse and mistreatment of women under the rubric of gender-based violence permits the identification of failures in both the healthcare system and women’s participation in society.
Source: Reproductive Health Matters - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Tags: FEATURE Source Type: research