December 21
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled last week that Hungarian women must be allowed to give birth at home if they choose to.
Home births aren’t prohibited in Hungary, but they aren’t tolerated either.
In its ruling, the Strasbourg court said that the Hungarian state was violating the right to respect private life guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights.
This right encompasses the right to choose the circumstances of giving birth, the court said.
A basic human right in the rest of central and eastern Europe, home birth is thus getting the green light in Hungary.
Hungarian legislation seems to be catching up: the Ministry of National Resources — and the state secretary responsible for health issues within the ministry — prepared and published Monday a long-awaited set of draft regulations for births outside health institutions.
forrás: http://blogs.wsj.com/new-europe/2010/12/21/european-court-makes-homebirth-legal-in-hungary/
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