{"id":252774,"date":"2021-09-07T16:19:04","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T21:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=252774"},"modified":"2021-09-07T16:06:48","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T21:06:48","slug":"mexico-supreme-court-decriminalizes-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mexico-supreme-court-decriminalizes-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Supreme Court in Mexico has voted to decriminalize abortion<\/a>, despite the country’s pro-life history. Abortion is already legal up to 12 weeks in Mexico City, as well as in the states of Oaxaca, Hidalgo and Veracruz, but has been banned elsewhere.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) was asked to rule on a law in the state of Coahuila, which states that a woman can be sent to prison for three years if she undergoes an abortion. The SCJN ruled that this violated the constitution<\/a>, and therefore, can be applied to the entire country if eight of the 11 justices vote to uphold the challenge.<\/p>\n

Many expect the ruling to lead to outright legalization of abortion in the near future. In the meantime, women who have been jailed for abortions will be set free.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday is a historic day for the rights of all Mexican women,\u201d Chief Justice Arturo Zaldivar said in a statement after the ruling. \u201cIt is a watershed in the history of the rights of all women, especially the most vulnerable.\u201d<\/p>\n

As women are not the human beings killed in abortions, they are clearly not the “most vulnerable.”<\/p>\n