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 (2012-04-12)
Citation(s)	Supreme Court of Brazil decriminalized the abortion of anencephalics in the country
Court membership
Judge(s) 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.

High Court decision

Legality of abortion by country or territory

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

Note: In some countries or territories, abortion laws are modified by other laws, regulations, legal principles or judicial decisions. This map shows their combined effect as implemented by the authorities.

Supreme Court of Brazil.

Judiciary representation

Legislative representation

Executive representation

Amici curiae

See also

• Abortion
• Abortion law
• Abortion in Brazil