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0096/2026 - National Policy on Care and Reproductive Justice: necessary intersections
Política Nacional de Cuidados e Justiça Reprodutiva: intersecções necessárias

Author:

• Claudia Bonan - Bonan, C - <bonanclaudia@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8695-6828

Co-author(s):

• Rita Helena do Espírito Santo Borret - Borret, RHES - <ritelena@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0895-5971
• Nanda Isele Gallas Duarte - Duarte, NIG - <nandaisele@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4055-0878
• Melanie Maia - Maia, M - <melnoelmaia@medicina.ufrj.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5350-0549
• Luanda de Oliveira Lima - Lima, LO - <luanda.ol@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2764-0764


Abstract:

This article presents reflections by researchers from the Gender, Reproduction and Justice Research Group/RepGen on the place of reproductive bodies within Brazil’s National Policy on Care (PNaC), analyzed through a reproductive justice lens. The first section contextualizes the study. The second synthesizes the policy’s main concepts, highlighting elements relevant to the discussion. We then address the absence of reproductive body care work in the policy and examine the challenge PNaC faces in defining its specificities in relation to other public policies centered on care, especially Health. In the fourth section, we argue that although the PNaC identifies care workers as a priority group, it still fails to incorporate their own reproductive care needs, overlooking issues such as menstrual dignity and abortion. Despite these gaps, the policy creates room to imagine more equitable care models. We conclude that recognizing the care of reproductive bodies as a strategic dimension of social and reproductive justice — and as a transversal axis of the PNaC — would be a decisive step toward confronting the patriarchal, racist, and capitalist order that regulates bodies, knowledge, and reproductive experiences.

Keywords:

Carework; Racism; Sexism; Reproductive Rights; Social Justice

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Bonan, C, Borret, RHES, Duarte, NIG, Maia, M, Lima, LO. National Policy on Care and Reproductive Justice: necessary intersections. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2026/Apr). [Citado em 17/09/2026]. Está disponível em: http://www.cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/national-policy-on-care-and-reproductive-justice-necessary-intersections/19994?id=19994



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