Racismo obstétrico, um debate em construção no Brasil: percepções de mulheres negras sobre a violência obstétrica
Ariane Teixeira de Santana, Telmara Menezes Couto, Keury Thaisana Rodrigues dos Santos Lima, Patrícia Santos de Oliveira, Aiara Nascimento Amaral Bomfim, Lílian Conceição Guimarães de Almeida, Lúcia Cristina Santos Rusmando
Abstract
This article aims to know the perception of women on obstetric violence from a racial perspective. This was a qualitative study carried out in a public maternity hospital with 25 women in the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and participant observation from November 2021 to February 2022. Content analysis was used to organize the data obtained through the interviews. The results were analyzed through the theoretical contributions of intersectionality, focusing on the interaction between obstetric violence and obstetric racism. The narratives discuss issues of obstetric violence, institutional racism, and how these experiences are permeated by issues of race, gender, and class. Questions related to the feelings of these women regarding the experience of violence at the time of childbirth care were also highlighted. Obstetric racism denies reproductive rights and hinders access to respectful and equitable care for black women.