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Tue 12 Dec 2009Court rules against woman in case over frozen embryos
The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an appeal by a separated mother of two against the High Court's refusal to order a Dublin clinic to release three frozen embryos to her with a view to becoming pregnant against the wishes of her estranged husband.
The five judge court found the embryos are not the "unborn" within the meaning of Article 40.3.3 of the Constitution (the anti-abortion amendment of 1983) and therefore not entitled to Constitutional proetction. The "unborn" referred to a child within the womb and not pre-implanation embryos, the judges ruled.
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