Constitutionalizing abortion in Brazil
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Resumo: | Brazil has been constitutionalizing disputes on women’s right to terminate unwanted pregnancy. This paper explains how this process started with the drafting of the new constitution in 1986-87, and evolved in different arenas, the legislative, the executive and in the public sphere. Most recently, it moved to the Supreme Court, primarily in its anencephalic pregnancy decision, brought as a Claim of Non Compliance with Fundamental Precept (ADPF 54). Decided in 2012, it was the first time since the adoption of the Penal Code in 1940 that the Brazilian Supreme Court moved the criminal boundaries to enable women to decide whether to terminate anencephalic pregnancies. The purpose of this article is to examine how the ADPF 54 decision contributed to the constitutionalization of abortion. First, it established the right to life as a non-absolute right, granting constitutional legitimacy to the system of legal exceptions. Second, it signaled the balancing of constitutional rights as the reasoning paradigm for this issue. Third, in framing the controversy as a matter of balancing constitutionally protected rights, the positions established in the Court ultimately recognized crucial understandings of women’s rights. |
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Constitutionalizing abortion in BrazilLaw; Constitutional LawBrazil; Constitution; anencephaly; pregnancy; abortion; women’s rights.AbortionBrazil has been constitutionalizing disputes on women’s right to terminate unwanted pregnancy. This paper explains how this process started with the drafting of the new constitution in 1986-87, and evolved in different arenas, the legislative, the executive and in the public sphere. Most recently, it moved to the Supreme Court, primarily in its anencephalic pregnancy decision, brought as a Claim of Non Compliance with Fundamental Precept (ADPF 54). Decided in 2012, it was the first time since the adoption of the Penal Code in 1940 that the Brazilian Supreme Court moved the criminal boundaries to enable women to decide whether to terminate anencephalic pregnancies. The purpose of this article is to examine how the ADPF 54 decision contributed to the constitutionalization of abortion. First, it established the right to life as a non-absolute right, granting constitutional legitimacy to the system of legal exceptions. Second, it signaled the balancing of constitutional rights as the reasoning paradigm for this issue. Third, in framing the controversy as a matter of balancing constitutionally protected rights, the positions established in the Court ultimately recognized crucial understandings of women’s rights.NINC - Núcleo de Investigações Constitucionais da UFPRMachado, Marta Rodriguez de AssisCook, Rebecca J.2018-09-05info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArtigo avaliado pelos paresapplication/pdfhttps://revistas.ufpr.br/rinc/article/view/6097310.5380/rinc.v5i3.60973Revista de Investigações Constitucionais; v. 5, n. 3 (2018): setembro/dezembro - Dossiê: "The 30th Anniversary of the 1988 Brazilian Constitution"; 185-231Revista de Investigações Constitucionais; v. 5, n. 3 (2018): setembro/dezembro - Dossiê: "The 30th Anniversary of the 1988 Brazilian Constitution"; 185-231Revista de Investigações Constitucionais; v. 5, n. 3 (2018): setembro/dezembro - Dossiê: "The 30th Anniversary of the 1988 Brazilian Constitution"; 185-2312359-563910.5380/rinc.v5i3reponame:Revista de Investigações Constitucionaisinstname:Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)instacron:UFPRenghttps://revistas.ufpr.br/rinc/article/view/60973/37524Direitos autorais 2019 Marta Rodriguez de Assis Machado, Rebecca J. Cookhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2019-01-15T18:01:24Zoai:revistas.ufpr.br:article/60973Revistahttps://revistas.ufpr.br/rincPUBhttps://revistas.ufpr.br/rinc/oairevista@ninc.com.br||2359-56392359-5639opendoar:2019-01-15T18:01:24Revista de Investigações Constitucionais - Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)false |
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Constitutionalizing abortion in Brazil |
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Constitutionalizing abortion in Brazil |
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Constitutionalizing abortion in Brazil Machado, Marta Rodriguez de Assis Law; Constitutional Law Brazil; Constitution; anencephaly; pregnancy; abortion; women’s rights. Abortion |
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Constitutionalizing abortion in Brazil |
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Constitutionalizing abortion in Brazil |
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Constitutionalizing abortion in Brazil |
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Constitutionalizing abortion in Brazil |
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Constitutionalizing abortion in Brazil |
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Machado, Marta Rodriguez de Assis |
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Machado, Marta Rodriguez de Assis Cook, Rebecca J. |
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Cook, Rebecca J. |
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Machado, Marta Rodriguez de Assis Cook, Rebecca J. |
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Law; Constitutional Law Brazil; Constitution; anencephaly; pregnancy; abortion; women’s rights. Abortion |
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Law; Constitutional Law Brazil; Constitution; anencephaly; pregnancy; abortion; women’s rights. Abortion |
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Brazil has been constitutionalizing disputes on women’s right to terminate unwanted pregnancy. This paper explains how this process started with the drafting of the new constitution in 1986-87, and evolved in different arenas, the legislative, the executive and in the public sphere. Most recently, it moved to the Supreme Court, primarily in its anencephalic pregnancy decision, brought as a Claim of Non Compliance with Fundamental Precept (ADPF 54). Decided in 2012, it was the first time since the adoption of the Penal Code in 1940 that the Brazilian Supreme Court moved the criminal boundaries to enable women to decide whether to terminate anencephalic pregnancies. The purpose of this article is to examine how the ADPF 54 decision contributed to the constitutionalization of abortion. First, it established the right to life as a non-absolute right, granting constitutional legitimacy to the system of legal exceptions. Second, it signaled the balancing of constitutional rights as the reasoning paradigm for this issue. Third, in framing the controversy as a matter of balancing constitutionally protected rights, the positions established in the Court ultimately recognized crucial understandings of women’s rights. |
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