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The Thirteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland specifies that the prohibition of abortion would not limit freedom of travel from Ireland to other countries where a person might legally obtain an abortion. The Amendment was adopted in November of 1992 by a plebiscite of the Irish people, largely in response to Attorney General v. X - a case that arose where a 14-year-old girl who had become pregnant from rape was threatened with legal action for traveling to the United Kingdom to obtain an abortion. In the same election, an amendment was approved guaranteeing freedom of speech with respect to the issue. Another amendment, which would have held that the possibility of suicide was not a sufficient threat to justify an abortion, was rejected.
