Bruna Potechi

This research analyzes how the figure of the “mother” has become central in disputes over rights in legal texts in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies in a context of conservative electoral gains in parliament. Based on a study of the work of deputies from antagonistic parties in the 2019-2022 legislature who became mothers in this period and were active on topics of motherhood and women’s rights, I set out to analyze how “maternity” might be disputed in legislative documents and forums in the new political term in 2023-24. The research will carry out an ethnography of congress and legislative processes, observing how legal texts are formulated, debated, negotiated, and reformulated. Thus, from the observation of the change and maintenance of terms in different legislative documents, I aim to bring forth how mother and motherhood sustain the making law in Brazilian legislative houses.