Tokens: As
was
noted
by
the
Court
of
Appeal
in
the
case
of
R
(
Mellor
)
v.
Secretary
of
State
for
the
Home
Department
[
2001
]
3
WLR
533
,
the
Policy
statement
reflected
a
“
deliberate
policy
that
the
deprivation
of
liberty
should
ordinarily
deprive
the
prisoner
of
the
opportunity
to
beget
children
”
.
While
it
is
the
case
that
the
Policy
did
not
wholly
exclude
serving
prisoners
,
even
life
prisoners
,
from
the
opportunity
of
obtaining
access
to
artificial
insemination
facilities
,
I
consider
that
the
Policy
was
unduly
weighted
against
the
individual
prisoner
requesting
such
facilities
,
by
placing
on
him
the
burden
of
showing
not
merely
that
,
without
such
facilities
,
conception
might
be
prevented
altogether
,
but
that
there
were
“
exceptional
circumstances
”
in
his
case
which
justified
a
departure
from
the
general
rule
against
the
grant
of
such
facilities
.
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