Obstetric violence is a kind of violation for women's human and reproductive rights It is a serious global public health problem that threatens the biopsychosocial well-geing for mothers and babies. Due to numerous testimonies published by women and women's organizations in the social media, abuse and violence against women have generated great interest worldwide in recent years and especially in recent months. In addition, in July 2019 the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Dubravka ?imonovi?, issued a comprehensive report that enshrines the term obstetric violence as a form of violence that is widespread and even normalized by society. It considers that coercive or non-consensual medical procedures, lack of confidentiality and failure to obtain fully informed consent violate women's human rights and are a form of discrimination. The legislative poverty in this area is evident since there is no specific legislation in Spanish territory that regulates this type of violence, only some autonomic law contemplates some of the rights declared by the World Health Organization. Without legislation in place, it has been easy to violate women's rights during the pandemic, in which the control and management of the pandemic has prevailed without regard to violating women's rights. The object of this work is to review the issue, make obstetric violence visible and inform women of their rights after a clear increase of the obstetric violence during the COVID-19 pandemic
Universitat de València: Unitat Docent de Medicina Legal
