{{Infobox Court Case | name= ADI 3510 | image = Supreme Federal Court of Brazil.jpg | imagesize = | court = Supreme Federal Court | date decided = {{start date|2008|5|29}} | full name = ADI 3510 (Prosecutor General v. President of the Republic and National Congress) | citations = [http://www.stf.jus.br/portal/cms/vernoticiadetalhe.asp?idconteudo=89917 Supreme Court of Brazil approved stem cell research using excess in vitro fertilized embryos in the country] | judges = '''President'''

Gilmar Mendes

'''Justices'''

{{hlist|Menezes Direito|Marco Aurélio Mello|Cármen Lúcia|Cezar Peluso|Ellen Gracie|Ricardo Lewandowski|Eros Grau|Joaquim Barbosa|Celso de Mello}} | decision by = Britto | concurring = Mello, Lúcia, Gracie, Barbosa, Mello | dissenting = Direito, Lewandowski, Grau, Peluso, Mendes | keywords = {{hlist|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).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stf.jus.br/portal/cms/verNoticiaDetalhe.asp?idConteudo=204615 |title=Abortion of Anencephalics in Brazil |access-date=2012-04-24 |language=pt |archive-date=2015-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117015750/http://www.stf.jus.br/portal/cms/verNoticiaDetalhe.asp?idConteudo=204615 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==High Court decision== thumb|right|Supreme Court of Brazil.

===Judiciary representation=== {| class="wikitable" ! Supreme Court members ! width="55pt"|Ministers ! width="55pt"|Yes ! width="55pt"|No |- |align="left"|Ayres Britto |align="center"|1 |align="center"| |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|Cármen Lúcia |align="center"|1 |align="center"| |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|Celso de Mello |align="center"|1 |align="center"| |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|Cezar Peluso |align="center"|1 |align="center"|1 |align="center"| |- |align="left"|Ellen Gracie |align="center"|1 |align="center"| |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|Eros Grau |align="center"|1 |align="center"|1 |align="center"| |- |align="left"|Gilmar Mendes |align="center"|1 |align="center"|1 |align="center"| |- |align="left"|Joaquim Barbosa |align="center"|1 |align="center"| |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|Marco Aurélio Mello |align="center"|1 |align="center"| |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|Menezes Direito |align="center"|1 |align="center"|1 |align="center"| |- |align="left"|Ricardo Lewandowski |align="center"|1 |align="center"|1 |align="center"| |- |align="center"|'''Total''' |align="center"|'''11''' |align="center" bgcolor="#abd5f5"|'''5''' |align="center" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"|'''6''' |- |}

===Legislative representation=== {| class="wikitable" ! Prosecutor General of the Republic ! width="55pt"|Prosecutor ! width="55pt"|Yes ! width="55pt"|No |- |align="left"|Antônio Fernando de Souza |align="center"|1 |align="center"|1 |align="center"| |- |align="center"|'''Total''' |align="center"|'''1''' |align="center" bgcolor="#abd5f5"|'''1''' |align="center" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"|'''0''' |- |}

===Executive representation=== {| class="wikitable" ! Attorney General of the Union ! width="55pt"|Solicitor General ! width="55pt"|Yes ! width="55pt"|No |- |align="left"|Dias Toffoli |align="center"|1 |align="center"| |align="center"|1 |- |align="center"|'''Total''' |align="center"|'''1''' |align="center" bgcolor="#abd5f5"|'''0''' |align="center" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"|'''1''' |- |}

==See also== {{Portal|Brazil}} * Stem cell laws * Stem cell research * Stem cell

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