| Author (Person) | Brown, John Murray |
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| Series Title | Financial Times |
| Series Details | 17.12.10 |
| Publication Date | 17/12/2010 |
| Content Type | News |
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The European Court of Human rights delivered its Grand Chamber judgment in the case of A. B. and C. v. Ireland. The Court held that there had been no violation of Article 8 (right to private and family life) in respect of the first and the second applicants, and unanimously, that there had been a violation of Article 8 in respect of the third applicant. The applicants, all three of whom live in Ireland, travelled to the United Kingdom to have an abortion. They complain about the restrictions on the possibility of abortion in Ireland. Ireland may have to rewrite its anti-abortion legislation, after the European Court of Human Rights ruled on the 16 December 2010 that it had violated the rights of a woman with a rare form of cancer who travelled to the UK for an abortion. The Irish Government said it would consider carefully the judgment In a statement, it said it would consider what steps are required to implement the decision. |
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| Countries / Regions | Ireland |
