MIKAEL-SILVA, Thiago    MARTINS, Alberto Mesaque. The legalization of abortion in the discourse of the newspapper Folha de São Paulo (2011-2014). Temas psicol. []. 2016, 24, 3, pp.991-1007. ISSN 1413-389X.  https://doi.org/10.9788/TP2016.3-12Pt.

This study is aimed to analyze the discourses about the legalization and decriminalization of abortion conveyed by Brazilian print media. On the basis of French perspective of discourse analysis, it was analyzed in the news, published between the periods of January 2011 to August 2014 in the newspapers, Folha de São Paulo. The results suggest that divulgation of the theme legalization of abortion has a relationship with shade in contexts of anger. In year 2011, after election campaign for the presidency, we observed attempts to silence this theme. The year 2012 was marked by the liberation of abortion in cases of anencephaly, contributing to the dislocation of the theme from the perspective of Public Health. This fact was strengthened in 2013 with the support of the Conselho Federal de Medicina (CFM). The first 6 months of 2014 was characterized as an escape taken by the major candidates during presidential elections. It identifies religious, sanitary, feminists, midiatic and electoralists discourses. This study should contribute to the debate about the legalization of abortion in Brazil, being necessary to reflect about the media tools and its capacity to legitimize a practice that cause controversy, but has acceptance when occurs silently and invisibly.

: Abortion; Discourse Analysis; mass media; Public Health.

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