'Seminal' difference between child and unborn, Supreme Court told

Birth is the “brightline” event marking when the unborn is entitled to the full extent of constitutional rights available to citizens, Mary O'Toole SC, for the State, argued.

By Ann O'Loughlin

There is a "seminal" difference between a child and an unborn and the people did not intend, when approving the Children's Referendum in 2012, the word "child" should include the unborn, the State has told the Supreme Court.