{"id":315927,"date":"2024-07-21T15:31:55","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T20:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=315927"},"modified":"2024-07-19T17:43:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T22:43:09","slug":"another-state-mexico-decriminalized-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/another-state-mexico-decriminalized-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Another state in Mexico has decriminalized abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Puebla has become the 14th of 31 states to <a href=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/politics\/puebla-decriminalize-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decriminalize abortion<\/a> in Mexico, meaning abortions can now be committed there within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>The Puebla Congress voted 29-7 to allow abortion to become legal, and it followed a 2022 injunction from a district judge which declared, \u201cno woman, trans man or pregnant nonbinary person, or medical personnel, who receive advice, assistance or defense from [several pro-choice] organizations is criminalized for having an abortion or helping someone to have an abortion.\u201d Pro-abortion advocates had been lobbying since then to have the penal code changed, to ensure that abortion would remain legal after the injunction was no longer in effect.<\/p>\n<p>An abortion committed after 12 weeks gestation could result in a prison term of up to 12 months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cpdY97GOK2I?si=Pmal1lu1qzM9QpiY\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, the Mexican Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mexico-supreme-court-decriminalizes-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruled<\/a> that a law in the state of Coahuila stating a woman can be sent to prison for three years if she undergoes an abortion was unconstitutional, officially setting a nationwide precedent. After this ruling, abortion was no longer considered a federal crime in Mexico, though individual states could still enact their own laws regarding the legality of abortion. Abortion activists have admitted to <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mexico-illegal-abortion-deaths-inflated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lying<\/a> about the number of women who died from illegal abortions, in an effort to manipulate politicians into legalization.<\/p>\n<p>That decision was followed by another <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mexicos-supreme-court-ignore-humanity-rights-preborn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 decision<\/a>, three articles criminalizing abortion in the state of Chihuahua are unconstitutional. This included Articles 143 and 145 of the penal code, requiring penalties for women who have abortions, and for people who force women to abort. It also declared Article 146 to be unconstitutional, which said that abortions in cases of rape within the first 90 days of pregnancy, and when a doctor says the pregnancy may cause harm to the mother\u2019s health were criminalized, but received no penalty.<\/p>\n<p>The Archdiocese of Puebla released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=890296559806796&amp;set=a.465783775591412\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> after the vote, expressing its \u201cmost profound sadness\u201d that now in Puebla, \u201cthe right to life is violently denied.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, they said they would introduce a series of measures to combat \u201cthe throwaway culture and the culture of death\u201d through various ministries, which will include prayer, educational campaigns, and increased charity campaigns to help women experiencing unplanned pregnancies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/actnow.io\/ARQQhk1\"><b><i>The DOJ put a pro-life grandmother in jail for protesting the killing of preborn children. Please take 30-seconds to TELL CONGRESS: STOP THE DOJ FROM TARGETING PRO-LIFE AMERICANS.<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Puebla has become the 14th of 31 states to decriminalize abortion in Mexico, meaning abortions can now be committed there within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. The Puebla Congress voted 29-7 to allow abortion to become legal, and it followed a 2022 injunction from a district judge which declared, \u201cno woman, trans man or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":295969,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[5,3473],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Another state in Mexico has decriminalized abortion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Puebla is the 14th of 31 states to decriminalize abortion in Mexico; abortions can now be committed within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/another-state-mexico-decriminalized-abortion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Another state in Mexico has decriminalized abortion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Puebla is the 14th of 31 states to decriminalize abortion in Mexico; 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