Some interesting news from Ireland ...

... sent our way by MOJ friend and law prof Gerry Whyte of Trinity College Dublin.  Gerry writes:

"MOJ readers may be interested in this Supreme Court decision handed down today in which the Court ruled that in vitro embryos do not enjoy protection under the Irish Constitution."

Court rules against woman in frozen embryos case

The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an appeal by a separated mother of two against the High Court's refusal to order a Dublin clinic to release three frozen embryos to her with a view to becoming pregnant against the wishes of her estranged husband.  Story here.