The Federal Constitutional Court's decision is here

I usually don’t comment on the topics of virtual or drawn child pornography or sex dolls, because I don’t have a well-founded opinion on either—except that bans on them are clearly incompatible with the rule of law. If video games that glorify violence shouldn’t be banned, then neither should drawn child pornography. If child-like sex dolls should be banned, then so should “normal” ones, since the same arguments regarding dehumanization and harm to dignity would apply just as much to children as to adults. That is, if those arguments were valid.
It’s just striking that, in each case, similar lines of reasoning are interpreted in favor of the subject in question in one instance and against it in the other.

The Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) ruled 6–2 to dismiss the two lawsuits regarding “sex dolls with a childlike appearance.” These dolls remain banned.

What is interesting—and perhaps even a little comforting—is the openness and harshness with which Judge Offenloch criticizes his colleagues’ decision in his “dissenting opinion.” (See the end of both the press release and the decision)

Here are the links regarding this new decision:

• Press release of the court
• Decision with reasoning