The invention relates to an absorbent incontinence article (2) with a main part(4) composed of a front area (6) and of a rear area (8) and, lying between these inthe longitudinal direction (10), a crotch area (12) that comes to lie betweenthe legs of a user, the main part (4) comprising an absorption body (14), and withmutually separate side portions (16) which are joined to the rear area (8) and/orto the front area (6) on both sides and which extend in the transverse direction(22) across lateral longitudinal edges (20) of the main part (4) and connect thefront area (6) and the rear area (8) to each other when the article is applied. Toprevent tearing of the side portions, it is proposed that the incontinence articlebe designed such that the side portions (16) have a reinforcing means (24) which,seen in the transverse direction (22), is designed narrower than a respectiveside portion (16), and which is provided at least in an area bridging the longitudinaledge (20) of the main part (4), that is to say crosses both a lateral longitudinaledge area of the main part (4) and also a part of the side portion (16) in the transversedirection (22).
