UNLAWFUL CARNAL KNOWLEDGE The True Story of the Irish 'X' Case

Softcover. Featuring the abortion controversy that shocked the world and changed the law. On a cold and inhospitable night in December 1991, the seed was planted in a 14yr old girl that was to become the most controversial foetus in the whole of Irish history. The extraordinary case in the Irish High Court and the injunction to stop the distraught girl having an abortion became a cause celebre for radicals, doctors and politicians. But what was the anguished truth behind this tragic human story? How did one girl affect the course of Irish history, unwittingly precipitate a referendum and change the law? Only the author, the journalist and author with unrivalled access to the chief protagonists, can tell the whole story. Illus., Chronology, Glossary of Irish Terms Used, Bibliog. and Index. 293pp. p/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. V. lightly browned pp. Vg+