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	Supreme Court of Brazil approved stem cell research using excess in vitro fertilized embryos in the country
Court membership
Judges 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

• Brazil portal

• Stem cell laws
• Stem cell research
• Stem cell

References

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