CJEU opinion on embryos builds on Brüstle decision

The Attorney General (AG) for the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Pedro Cruz Villalón, has issued an opinion on the meaning of the term ‘human embryos’ that could "significantly restrict" the scope of the Brüstle decision of 2011.

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