Abortion at the Supreme Court: The Anencephaly Case in Brazil

Authors

  • Debora Diniz Universidade de Brasília
  • Anna Cristina Gonzalez Vélez OMS, Fundação Ford, UNFPA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-026X2008000200019

Abstract

This paper analyses the ethical and legal challenges of the anencephaly case in Brazil. The case study is the Supreme Court case on anencephaly proposed in 2004. This paper shows how the abortion debate forces the fundamentals of the Brazilian secular state and demonstrates the weakness of the public reason to mediate reproductive rights, mainly abortion, in Brazil.

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Published

2008-05-02

How to Cite

Diniz, D., & Vélez, A. C. G. (2008). Abortion at the Supreme Court: The Anencephaly Case in Brazil. Revista Estudos Feministas, 16(2), 647–652. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-026X2008000200019

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 2 (2008)

Section

Dossiers

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