Abortion has not been a federal crime in Mexico since 2021. However, criminal law in Mexico varies by state.
On 7 September 2021, the Mexican Supreme Court unanimously ruled that penalizing abortion is unconstitutional, setting a precedent across the country.[1][2] Before 2019, abortion had been severely restricted outside of Mexico City, where it was legalized on-request in 2007.[3][4] As of August 2023[update], abortion is available on request to any woman during the first twelve weeks of a pregnancy (i.e., 15 weeks LMP)[5] in Mexico City and the states of Oaxaca, Hidalgo, Veracruz, Coahuila, Colima, Baja California, Sinaloa, Guerrero, Baja California Sur, Quintana Roo, Jalisco, and Aguascalientes.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] However, even in states where abortion is legal, there continue to be women in pre-trial detention for murder due to spontaneous miscarriage.[16]
- ^ Romo, Vanessa (7 September 2021). "Mexico's Supreme Court Has Voted To Decriminalize Abortion". National Public Radio. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ González, Oriana (7 September 2021). "Mexico's supreme court decriminalizes abortion". Axios. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
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- ^ Gaestel, Allyn; Shelley, Allison (1 October 2014). "Mexican women pay high price for country's rigid abortion laws". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ In Mexico, pregnancy is defined from implantation.p. 19
- ^ McKinley Jr., James C. (25 April 2007). "Mexico City Legalizes Abortion Early in Term". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 April 2007.
- ^ "Mexico's Oaxaca state legalizes abortion in historic move". Reuters. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ Agren, David (26 September 2019). ""We have made history": Mexico's Oaxaca state decriminalises abortion". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ Quiroz, Lilly (31 August 2022). "This Mexican clinic is offering discreet abortions to Americans just over the border". National Public Radio. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Sinaloa Congress decriminalizes abortion". Mexico News Daily. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ Blust, Kendal (3 June 2022). "Baja California Sur is now the 9th Mexican state to decriminalize abortion". Fronteras Desk. KJZZ/Rio Salado College. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ "Mexico's Guerrero state becomes ninth to allow abortions". Reuters. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Mexico's Quintana Roo state decriminalises abortion". Al Jazeera. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ Morland, Sarah (30 August 2023). "Mexican state of Aguascalientes becomes 12th to decriminalize abortion". Reuters. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- ^ "Jalisco will be the 13th Mexican state to decriminalize abortion". Mexico News Daily. 26 April 2024.
- ^ Urieta, Itzel (1 December 2022). "Aurelia García, joven indígena de Guerrero, enfrenta al Estado por un aborto involuntario". Animal Político. Retrieved 26 March 2024.