Article 8 (Respect for family life/Respect for private life) - Prohibition under domestic law on the use of ova and sperm from donors for in vitro fertilisation - No violation

Prohibition on cryopreservation of supernumerary embryos - Admissibility of cryopreservation of embryos until the date of transfer only for serious and documented force majeure relating to the woman's health

Medically Assisted Procreation - Possibility of an implantation of up to a maximum of three embryos - The cryopreservation of the embryos is permitted only if the transfer of the embryos into the uterus is not possible due to serious and documented reasons of force majeure relating to the health of the woman which were not foreseeable at the time of fertilisation 

Directive 92/85/EEC, Measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding – Meaning of ‘pregnant worker’; prohibition of dismissal of pregnant workers during the period from the beginning of their pregnancy to the end of the maternity leave − Woman dismissed where, at the date she was given notice of her dismissal, her ova had been fertilised in vitro, but not yet transferred to her uterus

Refusal to grant artificial insemination facilities to enable a serving prisoner to father a child - Violation of Article 8

Article 8 (Respect for private life) - Requirement of father’s consent for the continued storage and implantation of fertilised eggs