Story highlights A pregnant Irish minor wanted an abortion but was placed in a psychiatric clinic, according to a new report 
 
 The girl was detained for days 
 
 (CNN) A pregnant Irish minor who wanted an abortion was placed into a psychiatric clinic against her will in late 2016, according to a report published by the Child Care Law Reporting Project on Monday. The girl and her mother thought she was being transferred to a Dublin hospital for an abortion but she was detained under the Mental Health Act instead. This case highlights the cruel, regressive nature of the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Act and the 8th Amendment.” 
 
 She added: “This is yet another reason why we at Parents for Choice call for an immediate repeal of the Eighth Amendment. Ireland holds the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe, held up by the Irish Constitution's eighth amendment, which places the right to life of an unborn child on equal footing with the right to life of the mother.
– When a girl in Ireland went with her mother to try to get an abortion last year, she was instead detained against her will in a psychiatric clinic. CNN reports that the girl, who is a minor, had said her pregnancy was making her suicidal. But instead of being granted permission to terminate her unwanted pregnancy, she was told that an abortion was "not the solution for all the child's problems at this stage," and the Mental Health Act was invoked—sending her to a mental health facility against her will. A few days later she was cleared by another psychiatrist and released after a court determined she didn't have an actual mental health disorder, per Jezebel. Ireland has the strictest anti-abortion laws in Europe. The 8th Amendment, passed in 1983, declares the life of a fetus equal to the life of a mother, and prohibits abortion in all cases—including rape, incest, and the mother's health—unless, under the 2014 Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act, the mother's life is in immediate danger. In this case, the Mental Health Act seemed to be used as "a tool to force a child into continuing an unwanted pregnancy because of ... personal beliefs," a rep for the Abortion Rights Campaign says. Parents for Choice in Pregnancy and Childbirth called the treatment "barbaric," "cruel," and "regressive," reports the Irish Mirror, while a Sinn Fein politician called it "the draconian edge of the Irish state." (The UN says Ireland's abortion ban is inhumane.)