On 2 October 2025, Justice Flávio Dino of Brazil’s Supremo Tribunal Federal issued a provisional decision in Reclamação (Rcl) 84653 suspending a Federal Court of Acre injunction that had paused CFM Resolution 2.427/2025. STF’s official news item reporting the decision was published on 7 October 2025. This restores a professional ethics / medical-board rule, not a criminal statute, and it is not a final merits judgment on the resolution’s constitutionality.
What was restored. The resolution forbids physicians from prescribing hormone blockers for gender incongruence or dysphoria in children and adolescents (precocious puberty and other recognized endocrine indications carved out) and forbids cross-sex hormones before 18. Patients already on those therapies are carved out.
What the STF decided — and did not. Dino held that the Acre first-instance order had invaded the STF’s exclusive competence to decide the constitutionality of a general normative act (the issue is also before the Court in ADI 7806). He suspended the Acre injunction so the resolution is in force again until the STF decides the concentrated-control actions. The official STF note says the precautionary measure would be submitted to the First Chamber for *referendo*.
Official sources
- STF news, 7 October 2025: STF restabelece critério do CFM
- CFM news on the restoration: portal.cfm.org.br
- Resolution text (CFM PDF): Resolução CFM nº 2.427/2025
- DOU publication, 16 April 2025: Resolução CFM nº 2.427