ADI 3510

ADI 3510

Court	Supreme Federal Court
Full case name	ADI 3510 (Prosecutor General v. President of the Republic and National Congress)
Decided	May 29, 2008 (2008-05-29)
Citation(s)	Supreme Court of Brazil approved stem cell research using excess in vitro fertilized embryos in the country
Court membership
Judge(s) sitting	President Gilmar Mendes Justices Menezes Direito Marco Aurélio Mello Cármen Lúcia Cezar Peluso Ellen Gracie Ricardo Lewandowski Eros Grau Joaquim Barbosa Celso de Mello
Case opinions
Decision by	Britto
Concurrence	Mello, Lúcia, Gracie, Barbosa, Mello
Dissent	Direito, Lewandowski, Grau, Peluso, Mendes
Keywords
Stem cell controversy Stem cell laws

ADI 3510 (April 29, 2008), is a landmark Brazil Supreme Court case. The minister relator Carlos Ayres Britto voted in favor of embryonic stem cell research (Biosecurity Law).^[1]

High Court decision

Supreme Court of Brazil.

Judiciary representation

Supreme Court members	Ministers	Yes	No
Ayres Britto	1		1
Cármen Lúcia	1		1
Celso de Mello	1		1
Cezar Peluso	1	1
Ellen Gracie	1		1
Eros Grau	1	1
Gilmar Mendes	1	1
Joaquim Barbosa	1		1
Marco Aurélio Mello	1		1
Menezes Direito	1	1
Ricardo Lewandowski	1	1
Total	11	5	6

Legislative representation

Prosecutor General of the Republic	Prosecutor	Yes	No
Antônio Fernando de Souza	1	1
Total	1	1	0

Executive representation

Attorney General of the Union	Solicitor General	Yes	No
Dias Toffoli	1		1
Total	1	0	1

See also

References

^ "Abortion of Anencephalics in Brazil" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2012-04-24.

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Civil liberties

Embryonic stem cell research
Ethnic and racial quotas
The right of transsexuals to change the name on the birth certificate regardless of gender reassignment surgery
Criminalization of homophobia

Drugs	Drug decriminalization march Decriminalization of the possession of drugs for personal use (pending)
Driving under the influence	Legality of the sale of alcohol alongside highways Legality of refusal to submit to drug influence tests on traffic stops

Family law

Anti-domestic violence Maria da Penha Law (Lei 11.340/2006)

Abortion	Abortion involving anencephalics fetuses Abortion up to 12 weeks of pregnancy (pending)
Same-sex marriage	Same-sex civil union Same-sex marriage (pending)

Politics and government

Anti-political corruption Ficha Limpa Law (LC 135/2010)

Other

OAB Bar examination
Mensalão scandal
Lei da Anistia

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