Case 94-343/344 DC
Country: FranceYear: 1994
Court: Conseil constitutionnel [Constitutional Council]
Citation: C. C., n°94-343/344 DC, 27 July 1994
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Sexual and reproductive health
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination, Right to bodily integrity, Right to family life, Right to life, Rights to the benefits of culture
The Speaker of the National Assembly and sixty-eight deputies lodged a constitutional challenge in the Conseil Constitutionnel against several controversial provisions in the field of reproductive health. These were articles 8, 9, 10, 12 and 14 of law n°75-17, Loi relative au respect du corps humain et loi relative au don et à l’utilisation des …Read more
Case 750B/1990
Country: HungaryYear: 1991
Court: Constitutional Court
Health Topics: Aging, Child and adolescent health, Sexual and reproductive health
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination, Right to family life
The petitioner, Dr. Zsuzsanna Gábor, challenged the constitutionality of Hungary’s law that required women to be married and under forty years of age in order to undergo artificial insemination. The law was challenged on the grounds that it discriminated based on age and marital status, which was prohibited under Article 70 of Hungary’s constitution.
YG v. Jewish Hospital
Country: United StatesYear: 1990
Court: Court of Appeals of Missouri
Citation: 795 SW 2d 488 (1990)
Health Topics: Health information, Sexual and reproductive health
Human Rights: Right to privacy
The Appellants, Y.G. and L.G, husband and wife, brought this common law tort claim of an invasion of privacy. At the time of the incident, the wife, L.G., was five months pregnant, bearing triplets conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF) at and under the guidance of the Jewish Hospital of St. Louis (the Hospital). The …Read more