Mexico City is not Mexico
Another example of how different Mexico City is from the rest of Mexico.Mexico City Struggles With Law on Abortion
"When Mexico City’s government made abortion legal last year, it also set out to make it available to any woman who asked for one. That includes the city’s poorest, who for years resorted to illegal clinics and midwives as wealthy women visited private doctors willing to quietly end unwanted pregnancies.
"But helping poor women gain equal access to the procedure has turned out to be almost as complicated as passing the law, a watershed event in this Catholic country and in a region where almost all countries severely restrict abortions...
"Now, even as the city’s left-wing government revamps its abortion services, the law is coming up against its biggest challenge — in the courts.
"On Monday, Mexico’s Supreme Court begins public deliberations on a legal challenge that was filed last year by the conservative federal government and backed by anti-abortion groups..."
Mexican Supreme Court upholds legal abortion
"Mexico's Supreme Court upheld the capital's abortion law Thursday, setting a precedent for the rest of the country that could inspire other Latin American cities.
"Mexico City is one of the few places in Latin America that allows abortion without limitations in the first trimester.."
Labels: cleavages, Mexico, rule-of-law
posted by Ken Wedding @ 6:14 AM
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