Mexico’s Supreme Court Rules to Federally Decriminalize Abortion

The ruling represents a shift toward a society “in which the rights of everyone are respected,” one lawmaker said.

On Wednesday, Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled to decriminalize abortion at the federal level, holding that national laws prohibiting the procedure are unconstitutional. The ruling not only orders that abortion be removed from penal codes, but requires that federal public health institutions offer abortion procedures. “Today is a day of victory and justice for Mexican women!

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