in march 1992, the supreme court held in "attorney general v. x" (commonly known as the x case), that a 14-year-old girl who had become pregnant as a result of rape could obtain an abortion in circumstances where there was a threat to her life from suicide. this amendment proposed that the possibility of suicide was not a sufficient threat to justify an abortion. the proposal was put to a referendum on 25 november 1992 but was rejected.