European Court of Human Rights. ECHR 2011/6 Case of Ternovszky v. Hungary, 14 December 2010, no. 67545/09 (Second Section).

摘要

The applicant is a Hungarian national who was born in 1979 and lives in Budapest. At the time of introduction of the application, she was pregnant and intended to give birth at her home, rather than in a hospital or a birth home. However, in view of Government Decree no. 218/1999, any health professional assisting a home birth runs the risk of conviction for a regulatory offence and, indeed, at least one such prosecution has taken place in recent years. In the applicant's view, while there is no comprehensive legislation on home birth in force in Hungary, this provision effectively dissuades health professionals from assisting those wishing home birth.