Tuesday, March 07, 2006

EU kills embryo's right to life

I almost missed the implications of the Natalie Evans IVF case until I looked a little closer. Ms Evans case was based in part on article 2 of the Human Rights convention, and argued that an embryo had an "independent right to life". The european court unanimously rejected that assertion as you can read in the full judgement. I do believe that this preference in law of a woman's right to choose to have an abortion over the rights of the unborn child epitomises our society where increasing power and influence are given to those that already have it, and consequently the poor and marginalised suffer the little they have being taken away.