Ireland's constitutional amendment protecting the unborn is under challenge in a landmark case at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) described as the Roe v Wadeof Europe.
Three women who sought abortions in Ireland sued under the European Convention on Human Rights to overturn the country's legal protections for pre-born children, the Catholic News Agency reports.
The three women, who obtained abortions in Britain, are trying to establish a "right" to abortion in Ireland in a case titled A, B, and C v Ireland.
The women also want to establish a precedent that would define abortion as a right across all of Europe under the European Convention on Human Rights.
Irish Government lawyers arguing the safeguards of the Human Rights Convention cannot be interpreted as endorsing the right to abortion, the Press Association reported.
The Irish Government's case that Ireland must retain the sovereign right "to determine when life begins" is being supported by the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children and the European Centre for Law and Justice, who argue that rights are attached to "pre-natal life".
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