JBRA Assisted Reproduction 2013; 17 (1):15-15
EDITORIAL
Reproductive
rights are part of human rights and the right to found a family and the
right to live autonomy privacy must be protected by the countries.
The Federal Council of Medicine in Brazil is aware and actively
working, not insensitive to the requirements and implications of the
demands of society.
The Technical Chamber on ART, in which participates the President of
SBRA, Adelino Amaral, has been evaluating the need to update the
Resolution No. 1957/2010, the existing rule that guides our practice in
the country. New technologies, methods, the relevance of its
applicability, as well as discussions on ethical issues related to
medical practice are under discussion.
Likewise, the CFM, and the 27 regional councils of Medicine (CRMs) of
the country deliberated in March 2013, by the majority position that
represents 400,000 Brazilian doctors, with respect to the expansion of
the exclusionary illegal activity criminal in case of interruption of
pregnancy. They stood in favor of the empowerment of women and the
doctor, in case of termination of pregnancy before 12 weeks, although
carefully emphasizing that “this was not an open decision
just in favor of abortion”.
For sure there will come further discussion in the Brazilian Congress.
In any case, unsafe abortion as well as the lack of access to assisted
reproduction will be on the agenda.
Maria do Carmo Borges de Souza and Paulo F Taitson
Editors