[Impact of spouse violence on the decision to have an abortion]

Studies on marital violence against women have contributed to a better understanding of the health problems to which this population is exposed to, especially those related to reproduction. The need to investigate more deeply connections between home violence and provoked abortion has elicited questions like: "Does the decision to abort occur during the violence cycle as a moment of autonomy for the woman or is she forced to do it? The purpose of this qualitative study is to describe manifestations of marital violence among women admitted to the hospital due to provoked abortions, analyzing the influence of such violence on their decision to have an abortion. With the results, the study intends to broaden the discussion on home violence and abortion, giving visibility to these problems in the context of health services.