Overview
- STF president Edson Fachin used a destaque to pull the case off the virtual docket and send it to a physical plenary, which restarts the review and leaves the hearing date unset.
- Before the transfer, relator Alexandre de Moraes voted to uphold the psychology rule, to reject the Partido Novo challenge, and to not admit the PDT filing.
- The 2023 rule by the Federal Council of Psychology sets a secular standard for practice and forbids inducing religious beliefs in care, using faith in ads, or tying methods to religious doctrine, which blocks so‑called conversion therapy.
- Two constitutional cases frame the dispute, with Novo and the Brazilian Institute of Law and Religion citing religious and speech rights, and the PDT urging the court to affirm the rule to keep personal beliefs out of treatment.
- An in‑person plenary allows oral debate and can alter timing and dynamics, which delays a final ruling and prolongs uncertainty for clinicians and patients who want clear guidance on what is allowed in therapy.