CONSTITUTION OF IRELAND
Enacted by the People 1st July, 1937
In operation as from 29th December, 1937
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
Personal Rights
Article 40
40.3.3° The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in its laws to respect, and, as far as practicable, by its laws to defend and vindicate that right.