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Mon 02 Feb 2009Supreme Court begins hearing frozen embryos case
A man who separated from his wife after agreeing to her undergoing fertility treatment is prevented both by the Constitution and various documents signed by him from stopping her having the remaining embryos implanted in her womb with a view to becoming pregnant again, the Supreme Court was told today.
The State, because of the 1983 constitutional amendment requiring it to protect and indicate the right to life of the unborn, must facilitate the implantation of the remaining embryos, Gerard Hogan SC, for the woman, said.
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