X Case
| Attorney General v X | |
|---|---|
| Court | Supreme Court of Ireland |
| Full case name | The Attorney General v. X. and Others |
| Decided | 5 March 1992 |
| Citations | 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 | Thomas Finlay, Niall McCarthy, Hugh O'Flaherty, Séamus Egan, Anthony Hederman |
| 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 |
| Concurrence | McCarthy, O'Flaherty, Egan |
| Dissent | Hederman |
| Keywords | |
Attorney General v X [1992] 1 IR 1 (more commonly known as the "X Case") was a judgment of the Irish Supreme Court 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.