Brazilian women have full rights to access sexual and reproductive health services that include access to contraception, treatment of sexually transmitted infections and to terminate pregnancy in cases of life-threatening rape and anencephalic fetus.
However, the Ministry of Health revoked a technical standard that drew attention to the need to intensify the performance of these services in the Covid-19 pandemic.
Members of Maternal Mortality Committees across the country which monitor maternal deaths have spoken out against this measure from the Ministry of Health that hurts acquired rights and has had a negative influence on maternal morbidity and mortality.
CEPIA, represented by Jacqueline Pitanguy, is part of the Maternal Mortality Committee of Rio de Janeiro and supports this event.
