“…[1979] QB 276 on which the Appellants had relied to the effect that “it would be quite impossible for the courts in any event to supervise the operation of the Abortion Act …”
“…take into account the interests of the foetus but only those of the mother: Vo v France (2005) 10 EHRR 12at [81-82]; Paton v British Pregnancy Advisory Service [1979] QB 276; Paton v United Kingdom (1980) 3 EHRR 408. That does not mean that the court should not be cognisant of the fact that the order sought will permit irreversible…”