Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion nationwide

2024-12-25 11:07:34 source: category:News

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalized abortion nationwide Wednesday, two years after ruling that abortion was not a crime in one northern state.

That earlier ruling had set off a grinding process of decriminalizing abortion state by state. Last week, the central state of Aguascalientes became the 12th state to decriminalize the procedure. Judges in states that still criminalize abortion will have to take account of the top court’s ruling.

The court’s sweeping decision Wednesday comes amid a trend in Latin America of loosening restrictions on abortion, even as access has been limited in parts of the United States.

Mexico City was the first Mexican jurisdiction to decriminalize abortion 15 years ago.

The Information Group for Chosen Reproduction, known by its Spanish initials as GIRE, said the court decided that the portion of the federal penal code that criminalized abortion no longer has any effect.

“No woman or pregnant person, nor any health worker will be able to be punished for abortion,” the non-governmental organization said in a statement.

The impact also means that the federal public health service and any federal health institution must offer abortion to anyone who requests it, GIRE said. The court ordered that the crime of abortion be removed from the federal penal code.

More:News

Recommend

John Krasinski Reveals Wife Emily Blunt's Hilarious Response to His Sexiest Man Alive Title

John Krasinski’s new title as People’s Sexiest Man Alive is going to cost him.The 45-year-old joked

Keanu Reeves, girlfriend Alexandra Grant walk 2024 MOCA Gala red carpet: See the photos

If dressing to the nines was an art, Keanu Reeves and Alexandra Grant would be a certified masterpie

Is orange juice good for you? Why one woman's 'fruitarianism' diet is causing controversy.

Anne Osbourne says she drank nothing but orange juice for 40 days.The Queensland, Australia, residen