This article discusses the issue of abortion in the context of the dispute between progressive and neoconservative political forces in Brazil. The article analyses ADPF 442, a legal instrument known as a Motion of Noncompliance with a Fundamental Precept, which was lodged with the Supreme Court as part of a feminist litigation strategy in the country. The motion calls for the Supreme Court to decide on the constitutionality of the decriminalisation of abortion within the first 12 weeks of gestation. Methodologically, the analysis combines a literature review with participant observation and corpus linguistics analysis. ADPF 442 is considered a key event in the use of judicialisation to voice demands for women’s rights in current-day Brazil, and this work examines the testimonies as representative of the discourse and strategies at play in the broader field of abortion and its major actors, both for and against its decriminalisation.

本文讨论了在巴西进步与新保守派政治力量之间的争端中的堕胎问题。这篇文章分析了ADPF 442，这是一种法律文书，被称为不遵守基本法令，已作为该国女权主义诉讼策略的一部分提交最高法院。该动议要求最高法院在妊娠的前12周内决定堕胎非罪化的合宪性。从方法上讲，该分析将文献综述与参与者观察和语料库语言学分析相结合。在当今的巴西，ADPF 442被认为是利用司法手段表达对妇女权利要求的关键事件，