Aidan O'Neill on the EU human-embryo decision

Following up on Fr. Araujo's post:  Over at EutopiaLaw, MOJ-friend Aidan O'Neill has posted this discussion of the Court of Justice's decision (quoting Fr. Arajuo) that "the process of removing stem cells from a human embryo, which necessitates death of the embryo, cannot be patented."  A taste:

Whatever one thinks of the merits of the decision, the reasoning of the CJEU is of particular interest from a legal and ethical point of view in its reference to and reliance upon “fundamental rights and, in particular, the dignity of the person” as regards the treatment of the human embryo. The relevant background to this decision, and the specific reliance upon “the dignity of the person” is undoubtedly to be found in the terms of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, Title I of which is headed “Dignity” and contains five articles . . .

I recall Steven ("The Stupidity of Dignity") Pinker's complaint that the invocation of "dignity" in conversations about science and its limits was a "conservative" "ploy."   I guess the Court of Justice disagrees.