“Immediate Rejections” in the Attempt to Access Tubal Ligation

The article analyzes the experience of childless women regarding access to tubal ligation in Manaus/AM, Brazil. This is a netnographic study, with 20 participants from a private group on a social network. Data collection took place through the publication of a script with thematic posts, from June 21st to September 13th, 2022, and subsequent content analysis. The first category of results addresses the difficulties in performing the surgery, its requirements and informal access to knowledge of sexual and reproductive rights. The second, the invalidity of women’s consent as the main characteristic of care provided by health professionals. The third, the emotional itinerary imposed on those seeking tubal ligation. It is concluded that consent to perform tubal ligation is invalidated by health professionals, who act by promoting the refoundation of the Law and acting as representatives of the State’s biopolitics of control of reproductive processes.

• Main Authors: Gonçalves Rodrigues, Cristina, Peixoto Pinheiro, Polyana, de Lima Sousa Vieira, Roberta, Machado das Neves, André Luiz, Coelho Prata, Maria do Livramento, Therense, Munique
• Format: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
• Language: spa
• Published: Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA 2024
• Subjects: Sexual and reproductive rights; Sexual and reproductive planning; Tubal ligation; Voluntary sterilization; Derechos sexuales y reproductivos; Planificación sexual y reproductiva; Ligadura de trompas; Esterilización voluntaria; Direitos sexuais e reprodutivos; Planejamento sexual e reprodutivo; Laqueadura tubária; Esterilização voluntária
• Online Access: http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/runa/article/view/14203; https://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/suquia/175242