ADPF 54
ADPF 54 (April 12, 2012), is landmark Brazil Supreme Court case. The minister relator Marco Aurélio Mello voted in favor of descriminalization abortions involving anencephalics fetuses ("fetuses with no brains").[1]
High Court decision
International status of abortion law
UN 2013 report on abortion law.[2]
Legal on request
Legal for maternal life, health, mental health,
rape, fetal defects, and/or socioeconomic factors
Illegal with exception for maternal life, health, mental health, rape, and/or fetal defects
Illegal with exception for maternal life, health, mental health, and/or rape
Illegal with exception for maternal life, health, and/or mental health
Illegal with no exceptions
Varies
Supreme Court of Brazil.
Judiciary representation
Supreme Court members |
Ministers |
Yes |
No |
Antonio Cezar Peluso |
1 |
|
1 |
Carlos Ayres Britto |
1 |
1 |
|
Carmen Lúcia Antunes Rocha |
1 |
1 |
|
Gilmar Ferreira Mendes |
1 |
1 |
|
José Celso de Mello |
1 |
1 |
|
Marco Aurélio Mello |
1 |
1 |
|
Rosa Weber |
1 |
1 |
|
Joaquim Benedito Barbosa Gomes |
1 |
1 |
|
Enrique Ricardo Lewandowski |
1 |
|
1 |
Luiz Fux |
1 |
1 |
|
Total |
10 |
08 |
02 |
Legislative representation
Executive representation
Solicitor-General of Brazil |
Solicitor General |
Yes |
No |
Luís Inácio Adams |
1 |
1 |
|
Total |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Amici curiae
Amici curiae (Support for ADPF 54) (11) |
Anis (Instituto de Bioética, Direitos Humanos e Gênero) |
Adef (Associação de Desenvolvimento da Família) |
Conselho Federal de Medicina |
Deputie José Pinotti (DEM-SP) |
Escola de Gente e Rede Nacional Feminista de Saúde, Direitos Sexuais e Reprodutivos |
Federação Brasileira de Ginecologia |
Federação Brasileira de Obstetrícia |
Sociedade Brasileira de Genética Clínica |
Sociedade Clínica Brasileira de Medicina Fetal |
Sociedade Clínica Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência |
Católicas pelo Direito de Decidir (CDD)[4] |
Amici curiae (Against ADPF 54) (3) |
Associação Nacional Pró-Vida e Pró-Família |
Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil (CNBB) |
Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus (Universal Church of the Kingdom of God) |
See also
References
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| Politics and government |
- Anti-political corruption Ficha Limpa Law (LC 135/2010)
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| Other |
- OAB Bar examination
- Mensalão scandal
- Lei da Anistia (pending)
- Anti-alcohol on driving Seca Law (Lei 11.705/08) (pending)
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