The Brazilian Supreme Court and the right to life ”“ commentaries to the Court's decision on ADPF nº 54, regarding pregnancy interruption in cases of fetal anencephaly

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Keywords:

Abortion, Right to Life, Anencephaly, Brazilian Supreme Court, Human Dignity

Abstract

The Brazilian Supreme Court recently ruled regarding the constitutional status of interrupting pregnancies when the fetus in question is anencephalic. This case brought back into the public sphere relevant aspects of the relatively old controversy around the decriminalization of abortion, as well as the broader issue of the value of human life within the Brazilian legal system. The aim of this essay is to situate the aforementioned decision in the broader context of the current debates regarding the right to life, focusing especially on its relationships with other rights and fundamental principles, in this case, special emphasis is given to human dignity.

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Translated by Joanna Noronha, to whom I thank for the fast and very good job.

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Author Biography

Ingo Wolfgang Sarlet, Pontífica Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS)

Full Professor at PUC-RS, PhD From the University of Munich.

Capa da Revista Direito.UnB Volume 1, Número 2

Published

2014-07-01

How to Cite

SARLET, Ingo Wolfgang. The Brazilian Supreme Court and the right to life ”“ commentaries to the Court’s decision on ADPF nº 54, regarding pregnancy interruption in cases of fetal anencephaly. Direito.UnB - Law Journal of the University of Brasília, [S. l.], v. 1, n. 2, p. 184–201, 2014. Disponível em: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistadedireitounb/article/view/24594. Acesso em: 22 jul. 2024.

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Case notes & commentaries

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