Mexico’s Supreme Court judges unanimously ruled on Tuesday that the criminalization of abortion in the country is unconstitutional.
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Washington Post writes that abortion has thus been decriminalized – even in the country which has the world’s second largest Catholic population.
The proposal that was considered in the Supreme Court was to look at whether the law prohibiting abortion in the state of Coahuila is unconstitutional. It was a unanimous Supreme Court agreed, according to The universal.
The newspaper writes that eight of the total of eleven Supreme Court judges had announced in advance that they would support the proposal.
Abortion is only legal in four of the 32 states in Mexico. Following the Supreme Court’s decision, it will no longer be criminal to have an abortion in the other states – even if this does not necessarily mean that it is legalized.
–According to the Washington Post, a women’s liberation movement has recently enveloped the country, and half of Mexico’s elected officials are now women. This means that issues such as a more liberal abortion policy have gained greater traction.
However, the conservative party Acción Nacional has expressed strong dissatisfaction with the proposal ahead of the Supreme Court decision, the newspaper writes.
Varying laws
Today, according to the Washington Post, only four countries in Latin America pursue a liberal abortion policy: Argentina, Cuba, Uruguay and Gyana.
On the other side of the spectrum is El Salvador, where kwinner can be convicted of murder and receive long prison sentences if they have an abortion. In total, six of the countries in Latin America have a total ban.
Just across the border from the United States The state of Texas introduced a new set of strict abortion laws last week. Among other things, they mean that abortion is prohibited after a pregnancy of six weeks.
In addition, Texas citizens can file civil lawsuits against anyone involved in helping someone have an abortion after the deadline. These are rewarded with money – if they win the lawsuit, they can get $ 10,000 and legal costs covered.
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