British Court Says Fetus Has No Rights Under European Convention On Human Rights

Religion Clause ^ | 9/27/21 | Howard Friedman

[marshmallow]

In The Queen (on the Application of Crowter) v. Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, (EWHC, Sept. 23, 2021), a 2-judge High Court panel in Britain rejected an attack on provisions in the Abortion Act 1967 that permit late-term abortions where "there is a substantial risk that if the child were born it would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities as to be seriously handicapped...." This has been interpreted to include Down syndrome fetuses. The court rejected claims that this provision violates various provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights. The court said in part:

the European Court has never decided that a foetus, even one post-viability, is the bearer of Convention rights.... To the contrary, it has been content to leave the controversial and difficult issue of when life begins to the margin of appreciation of Contracting States. The fact that both domestic legislation and courts, and the European Court itself, have recognised that there may be circumstances in which the foetus has interests which the State is entitled to protect does not lead to the proposition that it enjoys rights under Article 2.

[Fai Mao]

Britexit?

[cockroach_magoo]

"To the contrary, it has been content to leave the controversial and difficult issue of when life begins to the margin of appreciation of Contracting States."

Some say life begins at 40.

[faithhopecharity]

The Nazification of Uk (and USA) continues

[roving]

COVID vaxxers rubbing their hands in glee

[Olog-hai]

They still use the nonexistent word “foetus” instead of “fetus”, I see.

[Maudeen]

God is taking names . . . .woe to these evil people!

[fidelis]

Some say life begins at 40

“Life begins at 40.” — John Lennon (1940-1980)

[boatbums]

v. Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, (EWHC, Sept. 23, 2021), a 2-judge High Court panel in Britain rejected an attack on provisions in the Abortion Act 1967 that permit late-term abortions where "there is a substantial risk that if the child were born it would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities as to be seriously handicapped...." This has been interpreted to include Down syndrome fetuses.

What galling presumption to play God over an innocent baby to decide whether or not his/her life is worth living!

[taxcontrol]

“Science” says that the magic birth canal makes the embryo a human.

/do I really need a sarc?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

So, Hans Beckert (Peter Lore) missed his true calling as an abortionist in “M”!

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[bobbo666]

Duck and cover.

Hot potato. Such a ruling at a high level would damage careers.