The Landesgericht (Regional Court), Salzburg at first instance granted Sabine Mayr’s application on the basis that, according to the caselaw of the Oberster Gerichtshof, the protection enshrined in Paragraph 10 of the MSchG begins with the fertilisation of the ovum and therefore should be extended to the case of in vitro fertilisation, since the purpose of the MSchG is to safeguard the mother’s economic existence.
Landesgericht Salzburg (Salzburgi liidumaa esimese astme kohus) rahuldas Sabine Mayri nõude esimeses astmes, viidates sellele, et vastavalt Oberster Gerichtshofi (Austria kõrgem kohus) praktikale algab MSchG § 10 sätestatud lapseootel naiste kaitse munaraku viljastamisega ning seetõttu laienes see in vitro viljastamisele, kuna MSchG eesmärk on tagada ema majanduslik kindlustatus.