ECtHR on Human Rights Implications of IVF Treatment

On April 10, the ECtHR delivered its Grand Chamber judgment in the case Evans v. the United Kingdom. The Court held that there had been no violation of Article 2 (right to life), no violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) and no violation of Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination). The applicant, who underwent an operation to remove her ovaries due to a pre-cancerous condition, complained that domestic law permitted her former partner to withdraw his consent to the use of embryos they created, preventing her from ever giving birth to a child.

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