Information and abortion: information literacy in the right to choose
A COMPETÊNCIA EM INFORMAÇÃO NO DIREITO DE DECIDIR
Keywords:
abortion, access to information, information literacyAbstract
This research aims to identify the contributions of information literacy to accessing information about abortion. It is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach and a bibliographic design. Bibliographic searches were conducted in databases using the terms abortion and information, resulting in a corpus of 12 texts. The selected content was organized into three categories: misinformation, subjects' skills, and barriers to accessing information. The results indicated that information literacy can be a resource that helps combat misinformation, develop skills to handle information, and overcome barriers to accessing information. It is concluded that information literacy should go beyond its technical and individual aspects, encompassing social and collective issues. Therefore, by developing skills for searching for and using information about abortion, women, girls, and pregnant women can recognize their rights and have autonomy and choice over their own bodies.