BORA - Abortion Legislation Bill: Crown Law's advice [pdf, 220 KB]
...Committee’s recent General comment No 36 (2018) on article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, on the right to life. In that General comment the Committee does not refer to any right to life for a foetus, focusing instead on protecting women and girls from unsafe abortions.13 14. The above authorities and our analysis point to the conclusion that a foetus does not enjoy the right not to be deprived of life under s 8 of the Bill of Rights Act. Accordingly...