Woman ‘distraught’ at losing embryo case

A WOMAN left infertile after cancer therapy said she felt “distraught” yesterday after losing a five-year legal battle to try to become a mother using her own embryos.

Natallie Evans had mounted a “last chance” appeal to keep the six frozen embryos, which were fertilised by her ex-partner.

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that her rights to become a mother did not outweigh the rights of her ex- boyfriend, Howard Johnston, not to become the father of her children.