Abstract
We investigated the experience of three women who became pregnant by rape, using a maternity hospital in Fortaleza, Ceará, highlighting previous experiences and after gestation (continuity or legal interruption). In two cases there was a legal interruption of gestation and in one case continuity, after being denied the concession to perform the abortion. The reasons related to the interruption of pregnancy were: negative thoughts and feelings about violence, the child and the perspective of future life. After the outcome, participants who interrupted gestation expressed a desire to resume or initiate life projects, and in the case of the participant who had to continue gestation, signs of a possible affective attachment to the child. It is concluded that such experiences need to be known in their aspects of interruption or continuity of gestation for the improvement of the public policies directed towards these women.
Keywords:
rape; unwanted pregnancy; abortion