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Brazil’s Abortion Provisions

In Portuguese: 

Código Penal (1940), Decreto-Lei  No 2.848, Parte Especial, Titulo I, Capitulo I, Artigos 124- 128.

ADPF 54, Supremo Tribunal Federal, Relator: Ministro Marco Aurelio, Tribunal Pleno (Abr. 12, 2012).

Unofficial English Translation:

ADPF 54, Supreme Court, Rapporteur: Minister Marco Aurelio, Tribunal Pleno (Apr. 4, 2012).

Penal Code (1940), Decree-Law Number 2.848, Special Part, Title I, Chapter I, Articles 124-128.


Código Penal (1940), Decreto-Lei  No 2.848, Parte Especial, Titulo I, Capitulo I, Artigos 124- 128.

Aborto provocado pela gestante ou com seu consentimento

Art. 124 – Provocar aborto em si mesma ou consentir que outrem lho provoque:

Pena – detenção, de um a três anos.

Aborto provocado por terceiro

Art. 125 – Provocar aborto, sem o consentimento da gestante:

Pena – reclusão, de três a dez anos.

Art. 126 – Provocar aborto com o consentimento da gestante:

Pena – reclusão, de um a quatro anos.

Parágrafo único. Aplica-se a pena do artigo anterior, se a gestante não é maior de quatorze anos, ou é alienada ou debil mental,
ou se o consentimento é obtido mediante fraude, grave ameaça ou violência

Forma qualificada

Art. 127 – As penas cominadas nos dois artigos anteriores são aumentadas de um terço, se, em conseqüência do aborto ou dos meios
empregados para provocá-lo, a gestante sofre lesão corporal de natureza grave, e são duplicadas, se, por qualquer dessas causas, lhe
sobrevém a morte.

Art. 128 – Não se pune o aborto praticado por médico:

Aborto necessário

I – se não há outro meio de salvar a vida da gestante,

Aborto no caso de gravidez resultante de estupro

II – se a gravidez resulta de estupro e o aborto é precedido de consentimento da gestante ou, quando incapaz, de seu representante legal.


ADPF 54, Supremo Tribunal Federal, Relator: Ministro Marco Aurelio, Tribunal Pleno (Abr. 12, 2012).

Download a PDF copy of ADPF 54, Supremo Tribunal Federal, Relator: Ministro Marco Aurelio, Tribunal Pleno (Abr. 12, 2012).


Penal Code (1940), Decree-Law Number 2.848, Special Part, Title I, Chapter I, Articles 124-128.

Abortion provoked by a pregnant woman or with her consent

Art. 124 – Provoking abortion oneself or consenting to another person provoking it:

Penalty – imprisonment of one to three years.

Abortion provoked by a third party

Art. 125 – Provoking an abortion without the consent of the pregnant woman:

Penalty – imprisonment of three to ten years.

Art. 126 – Provoking an abortion with the consent of the pregnant woman:

Penalty – imprisonment of one to four years.

Sole Paragraph.  The penalty in the previous article is applicable if the pregnant woman is not older than 14 years, or is insane or mentally weak, or
if the consent is obtained through fraud, serious threat, or violence.

Conditioned form

Art. 127 – The penalties prescribed in the two previous articles shall be increased by one third if, as a consequence of the abortion or the means employed
to provoke it, the pregnant woman suffers bodily injury of a serious nature, and shall be doubled if, for any of these reasons, her death follows.

Art. 128 – An abortion practiced by a doctor is not punishable:

Necessary abortion

I. if there is no other means of saving the life of the pregnant woman,

Abortion in the case of pregnancy resulting from rape

II. if the pregnancy results from rape and the abortion is preceded by the consent of the pregnant woman, or, when incompetent, of her legal
representative.


ADPF 54, Supreme Court, Rapporteur: Minister Marco Aurelio, Tribunal Pleno (Apr. 4, 2012).

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