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Breastfeeding: instintive? Natural? The biological paragon x the reproductive rights ln discussion

The objective of this essay was to reflect about the naturalization of the breastfeeding, inserting the field of the breastfeeding in the range of the women rights, seeking to destroy the paragon that biologizes the female body to the maternal functions, in special to the breastfeeding in the range of the reproductive rights. ln discussion we protrude the importance ofthe actions wich estimulate the breastfeeding are embased in the notion ofthe reproductives rights, which will allow the health professionals to comprehend the meaning of the breastfeeding in the women's mark of life and their everyday. By the end, we propose that the reproductive rights drive the actions of breastfeeding incentive developed by the health professionals, in the perspective ofto redeem the view ofthe women while the main subject ofthis practice.

women's health; breastfeeding; reproductive rights


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