At the Supreme Court sitting in Limerick this morning
This morning.
The Supreme Court, sitting in Limerick, delivered a judgment about the extent of the rights of the unborn.
It followed an immigration case involving a Nigerian man, his Irish partner and their child, who was 20 days away from being born when the case began in May 2016.
The man wanted a deportation order made against him by the Department of Justice to be revoked and argued that the Minister for Justice had to consider an unborn child’s existing or prospective rights.
Mary Carolan, in The Irish Times, reports:
The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the unborn has no constitutional rights outside the right to life in the Eighth Amendment.
In a landmark judgment on Wednesday, the seven-judge court ruled the High Court was wrong to find the unborn has constitutional rights outside Article 40.3.3 and was also wrong to find the unborn is a child within the meaning of Article 42a.
However, it upheld findings by the High Court that the Minister for Justice is required to consider the prospective constitutional rights of an unborn child when considering whether or not to deport their non-Irish citizen parent.
The decision clarifies the constitutional position of the unborn in advance of this summer’s planned referendum on Article 40.3.3, which guarantees equal protection for the right to life of the unborn and its mother.
Supreme Court rules only constitutional right of unborn is right to life (The Irish Times)
Pics: RTE
The ruling can be read in full here
Good news so? Can he be sent home?
No – “Although it dismissed this aspect of the judgement, it upheld the High Court’s ruling that the Minister for Justice ”is obliged”, in the decision to revoke a deportation order in cases of pregnancy, to consider the rights that the unborn will acquire upon birth.”
REPEAL
Phew! The racist element of prolife wouldn’t have known what to do otherwise!
Finally, its a relief to have this clarified. #repealthe8th
+2018
The Dail will have to start their debate quick so about the referendum seeing as they’re skiving off next week to prepare for Paddys Day. Maybe a few all night Dail drinking sessions before the weekend might get them in the mood.
Has a child ever been conceived in Leinster House I think that’s the question that needs answering here!
In Alan Shatter’s book Laura, there is yes.
“Has a child ever been conceived in Leinster House I think that’s the question that needs answering here!”
Has an original, innovative or helpful idea ever been conceived there? Not a fertile ground for anything.
So we should hold off issuing PPS numbers to zygotes, yaw?
No Natal ID Cards.
issue them with little passports – to stop those wimmen going to England and leaving them there.
Next step? And another few hundred thousand euro later ?
This now leads to another question regarding fathers rights of children born of which there are few if any
Free murder oh yippee. Look at how far we have come, from being savages who thought killing unborn babies was inhumane, to celebrating now being allowed to pull those nasty buggers out piece by piece while its still alive. Go ireland we should be so proud.
Where are they giving out these free murders? I have a long list …
If you took the time to actually watch an abortion video you would clearly see it is murder, call it all the names instead of baby you want but its most definitely a human being ripped apart.