Attorney General v X
Irish court case permitting abortion in exceptional circumstances / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Attorney General v X, [1992] IESC 1; [1992] 1 IR 1, (more commonly known as the "X Case") was a landmark Irish Supreme Court case which established the right of Irish women to an abortion if a pregnant woman's life was at risk because of pregnancy, including the risk of suicide.
Irish court case permitting abortion in exceptional circumstances
| Attorney General v X | |
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| Court | Supreme Court of Ireland |
| Full case name | The Attorney General v. X. and Others |
| Decided | 5 March 1992 |
| Citation(s) | Attorney General v X [1992] IESC 1, [1992] 1 IR 1 |
| Case history | |
| Appealed from | Attorney General v X (High Court) 17 February 1992 |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Finlay CJ, McCarthy J, O'Flatherty J, Egan J, Hederman J |
| Case opinions | |
| Under Article 40.3.3° of the Constitution, termination of pregnancy is only permissible where there is a "real and substantial risk to the life of the mother", including a real and substantial risk of suicide. To require there to be a risk of immediate or inevitable death would not adequately vindicate the right to life of the mother. | |
| Decision by | Finlay CJ |
| Concurrence | McCarthy J, O'Flaherty J, Egan J |
| Dissent | Hederman J |
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