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Wed 12 Dec 2009Embryos are not the 'unborn', court rules
JUDGMENT: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 with a view to becoming pregnant against the wishes of her estranged husband.
The five-judge court ruled the embryos are not the “unborn”, within the meaning of Article 40.3.3 of the Constitution (the anti-abortion amendment of 1983), which requires the State to respect and vindicate the right to life of the unborn, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother.
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