Life prisoner wins artificial insemination case
CASE OF DICKSON v. THE UNITED KINGDOM
Kirk and Lorraine Dickson complained about the refusal of access to artificial insemination facilities which they argued breached their rights under Articles 8 and/or 12 of the Convention.
The ECtHR held that the Home Office policy limiting artificial insemination in cases in exceptional circumstances to be a breach of human rights because the test to be met by the Dicksons was set too high to be able to be met.
"The core issue was whether a fair balance had been struck between the competing public and private interests involved" (see below).
ECtHR Press Release
Given the largely ignored coverage by the media of the above story, I can only assume that it is a good day to bury bad news. Hence releasing this information today.
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