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Mexico City - Abortion legalized

From The Week magazine for the week of May 6, 2007:

Mexico City's legislative assembly last week passed a bill legalizing abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, a first in Mexico. Women's health advocates say the law, which applies only within Mexico City limits, could serve as a template for the rest of the country, whose population of 107 million is overwhelmingly Roman Catholic. Government officials say about 200,000 illegal abortions are performed in Mexico every year, and complications from illegal abortions are the third leading cause of death for pregnant women in the capital city. The law bars doctors from refusing to perform abortions on moral grounds. But Roman Catholic Cardinal Norberto Rivera of Mexico City warned Catholic medical personnel that they faced excommunication if they took part in the procedure.

Comments

Oh good - more women can be in control of their bodies and kill their babies - can anyone say birth control?

Since Mexico is "overwhelmingly Roman Catholic", I assume there is a strong stigma against both contraception and abortion.

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