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Key facts of the case:
Reference for a preliminary ruling: High Court - Ireland. Freedom to provide services - Prohibition on the distribution of information on clinics carrying out voluntary terminations of pregnancy in other Member States.
Outcome of the case:
n those grounds, THE COURT, in reply to the questions submitted to it by the High Court of Ireland, by order of 5 March 1990, hereby rules: