ADPF 54
| ADPF 54 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Court | Supreme Court of Brazil |
| Full case name | ADPF 54 (NATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF HEALTH WORKERS (CNTS) v. COURTS OF JUSTICE OF THE STATES) |
| Decided | April 12, 2012 |
| Citation(s) | Supreme Court of Brazil decriminalized the abortion of anencephalics in the country |
| Court membership | |
| Judge(s) sitting |
Chief Justice Rapporteur Justice Associate Justices Carlos Ayres Britto, Carmen Lúcia Antunes Rocha, Enrique Ricardo Lewandowski, Gilmar Ferreira Mendes, Joaquim Barbosa, José Celso de Mello, Luiz Fux |
ADPF 54 (born 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 and/or fetal defects, and also for socioeconomic factors
Illegal with exception for maternal life, health, mental health and/or rape, and also for fetal defects
Illegal with exception for maternal life, health and/or mental health, and also for 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
| Attorney General of Brazil | Prosecutor | Yes | No |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roberto Gurgel | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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
- ↑ Abortion of Anencephalics in Brazil (Portuguese)
- ↑ "World Abortion Policies 2013" (PDF). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ↑ World Abortion Policies 2007, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.
- ↑ pt:Católicas pelo Direito de Decidir
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