Esterilização feminina no município de São José do Cedro/SC: planejamento familiar como método contraceptivo?

Abstract

This article is the result of a study regarding the use of the feminine sterilization in thecity of São José do Cedro/SC. The study aimed to investigate the reasons that lead the women to perform the tubal ligation as a contraceptive method. The inquiry was raised in the Studies Group on the State, Politics and Social Practices at UNOESC, mainly through information obtained in the First Health Regional Management of Santa Catarina, that affirm the significant existence of women who seek for the tubal ligation through SUS. In order to obtain the data a questionnaire with open and closed questions was used on 37 (thirty and seven) women who performed the tubal ligation in 2007 in the city of São Jose do Cedro/SC, out of this 37 women, 6 (six) were selected, using as choice criteria the age range between 25 and 35 years old. The main results found demonstrate the lack of understanding on the familiar planning, on the contraceptive methods available in the public sphere and, reaffirmed the perpetuation of the historical inequalities present in gender relations that express the women’s condition as main responsible for the use of contraceptive methods and/or the decision “to plan the family”.