ADPF 54

ADPF 54
ADPF 54
Court	Supreme Federal Court
Full case name	ADPF 54 (National Confederation of Health Workers (CNTS) v. President of the Republic)
Decided	April 12, 2012
Citation	Supreme Court of Brazil decriminalized the abortion of anencephalics in the country
Court membership
Judges sitting	President Cezar Peluso Justices Marco Aurélio Mello; Ayres Britto; Cármen Lúcia; Ricardo Lewandowski; Gilmar Mendes; Joaquim Barbosa; Celso de Mello; Luiz Fux; Rosa Weber;
Case opinions
Decision by	Aurélio
Concurrence	Britto, Lúcia, Mendes, Barbosa, Mello, Fux and Weber
Dissent	Peluzo and Lewandowski
Keywords
	Abortion in Brazil; Abortion law;

ADPF 54 is a landmark case of the Supreme Court of Brazil. The minister relator Marco Aurélio Mello voted in favor of decriminalization of abortions involving anencephalic fetuses.^[1]

High Court decision

Supreme Court members	Ministers	Yes	No
Ayres Britto	1	1
Cármen Lúcia	1	1
Celso de Mello	1	1
Cezar Peluso	1		1
Gilmar Mendes	1	1
Marco Aurélio Mello	1	1
Rosa Weber	1	1
Joaquim Barbosa	1	1
Luiz Fux	1	1
Ricardo Lewandowski	1		1
Total	10	08	02

Prosecutor General	Prosecutor	Yes	No
Roberto Gurgel	1	1
Total	1	1	0

Attorney General	Attorney	Yes	No
Luís Inácio Adams	1	1
Total	1	1	0

Amici curiae (Support for ADPF 54) (11)
Anis (Institute of Bioethics, Human Rights and Gender)	Adef (Association of Family Development)	Federal Council of Medicine	Federal Deputy José Pinotti (DEM-SP)	School of People and National Feminist Network of Health, Sexual and Reproductive Rights	Brazilian Federation of Gynecology	Brazilian Federation of Obstetrics	Brazilian Society of Clinical Genetics	Brazilian Clinical Society of Fetal Medicine	Brazilian Clinical Society for the Progress of Science	Catholics for the Right to Decide (CDD)^[2]

Amici curiae (Against ADPF 54) (3)
National Association Pro-Life and Pro-Family	National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB)	Universal Church of the Kingdom of God

Legal on request:
	No gestational limit
	Gestational limit after the first 17 weeks
	Gestational limit in the first 17 weeks
	Unclear gestational limit
Legally restricted to cases of:
	Risk to woman's life, to her health, rape, fetal impairment*, or socioeconomic factors
	Risk to woman's life, to her health*, rape, or fetal impairment
	Risk to woman's life, to her health*, or fetal impairment
	Risk to woman's life, to her health, or rape
	Risk to woman's life or to her health
	Risk to woman's life
	Illegal with no exceptions
	No information
* Does not apply to some countries or territories in that category