The European Court of Human Rights is expected to issue its ruling in an important abortion case from Ireland on Thursday December 16, 2010. http://www.lifenews.com/2010/12/15/wbs-112/ As the LifeNews story notes, there is a possibility that the Court will dismiss the case without reaching the merits.
Bill Saunders has an article in the Suummer 2010 issue of the Human Life Review that explains how the ruling might be used by abortion rights activists to support the existence of an international right to abortion. See http://www.humanlifereview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=113:the-abcs-of-an-international-right-to-abortion&catid=52:2010-summer
Richard M.