Obstetric Violence in Spain: An Elusive Legal Concept.

IF 2.4 3区社会学 Q1 WOMENS STUDIES

Violence Against Women Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-04-09 DOI:10.1177/10778012261440270

Laura Esteve Alguacil

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Abstract

This paper examines the reception of the concept of obstetric violence within the Spanish legal system. It analyzes the judicial arguments used to deny its existence, and identifies four circumstances that sustain this form of gender-based violence: medical authoritarianism, epistemic injustice, disregard of informed consent, and the prioritization of the protection of the fetus. It then critically assesses the approach towards obstetric violence in a 2023 legal reform. It concludes that despite the rejection of the concept, the alternative one that was included has an open character and recognizes that it is structural and a form of gender-based violence.

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Violence Against Women WOMENS STUDIES-

CiteScore

4.10

自引率

4.50%

发文量

142

期刊介绍： Violence against Women is an international, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the publication of research and information on all aspects of the problem of violence against women. The journal assumes a broad definition of violence; topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, domestic violence, sexual assault, incest, sexual harassment, female infantcide, female circumcision, and female sexual slavery.