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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
Contraceptives are legal in Brazil. You can purchase condoms or birth control pills in pharmacies without a prescription. Other contraceptives, like shots or patches, may be found at local hospitals. Generally speaking, most Brazilians do not wear condoms and, in the 1990s, the most commonly practiced form of contraceptive was found to be female sterilization ("laqueadura tubária" in Portuguese), which remains very popular today<ref>[http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0193123.html Prevalence of Contraceptive Use in Selected Countries]</ref> In 2001, it was estimates that 1 in 2 Brazilian women have been sterilized, according to a government survey.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32622-2004Jun10.html Infertile Ground Is Sown in Brazil ]</ref> | |||
The first birth control pill introduced to Brazil, ENOVID, came in 1962. Many of these early pills had very high hormonal dosages, leading to health issues, though the pills today are generally healthier and lower-dosage. <ref>[http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-pill-in-brazil z | |||
The Two Sides of the Pill in Brazil]</ref> In 1996, Brazil passed a law ("Lei Nº 9.263, De 12 De Janeiro De 1996") that legalized female sterilization<ref>[http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Leis/L9263.htm LEI Nº 9.263, DE 12 DE JANEIRO DE 1996]</ref> This law requires spousal consent prior to sterilization. In addition, it applies to any "man or woman with full citizen’s rights and older than 25 years of age, or who has at least two living children, such that s/he observe at minimum a 60-day period between the request and surgery, in which the person must have access to fertility regulation services, including counseling by a multidisciplinary team, in order to discourage premature sterilization."<ref>[http://www.riogringa.com/my_weblog/2012/10/female-sterilization-in-brazil.html Rio Gringa: Female Sterilization in Brazil]</ref> | |||
In 2007, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced a plan to provide cheap birth control ($2.40 for a one year supply) to over 10,000 Brazilian pharmacies. While birth control was already available for free at government-run pharmacies, many of the country's poor did not visit the public pharmacies. For this reason, the plan aimed to reach private pharmacies,<ref>[http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/brazil-subsidizes-birth-control-pills/ Brazil subsidizes birth-control pills]</ref> thereby allowing the poor to have "the same right that the wealthy have to plan the number of children they want."<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/28/AR2007052800637.html Brazil to Subsidize Birth Control Pills]</ref> | |||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
If you are interested in female sterilization/tubal litigation, it is called "laqueadura tubária" in Portuguese. | |||
===Costs=== | ===Costs=== | ||