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Mexico Supreme Court rules abortion not a crime

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that it is unconstitutional to punish abortion, unanimously annulling several provisions of a law from Coahuila — a state on the Texas border — that had made abortion a criminal act.

The decision will immediately only affect the northern border state, but it establishes “obligatory criteria for all of the country’s judges,” compelling them to act the same way in similar cases, said court President Arturo Zaldívar.

Only four states — Mexico City, Oaxaca, Veracruz and Hidalgo — now allow abortion in most circumstances. The other 28 states penalize abortion with some exceptions.

The Supreme Court had previously ruled in favor of women who had been imprisoned or had their rights violated for abortions. But Rebecca Ramos, director of the nongovernmental reproductive rights group GIRE, said this is the first time the justices have debated the fundamental question: Should abortion be considered a crime or not.

  • star_wraith [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    FYI the Texas law allows someone to sue anyone who assisted in the provision of a abortion, even one out of state or out of the country. So you drive your friend to get an abortion in Mexico, you can get sued.

    • inshallah2 [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      edit-2
      3 years ago

      even one out of state or out of the country.

      Are you certain? I haven't heard or read that.