ADPF 54 is a landmark case of the Supreme Court of Brazil. The rapporteur, minister Marco Aurélio Mello, voted in favor of decriminalization of abortions involving anencephalic fetuses. The minister considered it unconstitutional the interpretation that interrupting a pregnancy of anencephalic fetus is a crime according to the Penal Code of Brazil:
Minister Dias Toffoli voluntarily abstained from voting due to a self-declared conflict of interest, as he previously presented a favorable opinion towards interrupting the pregnancy in such cases, during his term as Attorney General of Brazil.
High Court decision
Judiciary representation Supreme Court membersMinistersYesNoAyres Britto11Cármen Lúcia11Celso de Mello11Cezar Peluso11Gilmar Mendes11Marco Aurélio Mello11Rosa Weber11Joaquim Barbosa11Luiz Fux11Ricardo Lewandowski11Total100802
Legislative representation Prosecutor GeneralProsecutorYesNoRoberto Gurgel11Total110
Executive representation Attorney GeneralAttorneyYesNoLuís Inácio Adams11Total110
Amici curiae
Amici curiae (Support for ADPF 54) (10) Entity Translated name Acronym Catholics for the Right to Decide CDD Associação de Desenvolvimento da Família Association of Family Development ADEF Federação Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia Brazilian Federation of Gynecology FEBRASGO Sociedade Brasileira de Genética Clínica Brazilian Society of Clinical Genetics Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Fetal Brazilian Clinical Society of Fetal Medicine Conselho Federal de Medicina Federal Council of Medicine CFM Rede Feminista de Saúde Feminist Network of Health School of People EG Institute of Bioethics, Human Rights and Gender ANIS Federal Deputy José Aristodemo Pinotti (DEM-SP)
Amici curiae (Against ADPF 54) (3) Entity Translated name Acronym Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil National Conference of Brazilian Bishops CNBB Associação Nacional Pró-vida e Pró-família National Association Pro-Life and Pro-Family Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus Universal Church of the Kingdom of God IURD
See also
ADPF 442 (ongoing case concerning decriminalization of abortions up to 12 weeks of pregnancy) Abortion law Abortion in Brazil
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