The unanimous decision came as a result of a challenge to Coahuila's law criminalizing abortion. Coahuila borders east Texas south of San Antonio.
While there are four other Mexican states with fully legal abortion, none are within easy distance of the U.S. border, although the ruling establishes "obligatory criteria" which all other Mexican states will be required to follow.
Mexico's supreme court unanimously votes to decriminalize abortion
Coahuila borders Laredo on the most well-traveled route between the two countries, 150 miles from San Antonio.
Looking at it objectively, it seems to show that abortion will always be legal somewhere. It is legal in almost all of the northern hemisphere and Australia. If Roe v.s. Wade is overturned by the Supreme Court, it will still be legal in about half the states.
And that brings me to my long-held conclusion. People of good will, if you want to "kill" abortion, you will have to "kill it with kindness." You will have to go after the root causes and address them. In a country with rampant and increasing income inequality (in my state, 47% of workers earn less than $15 an hour) you will have to make childrearing affordable.
Wouldn't it be better taking the money spent on firehouse drop boxes where women can abandon infants safely and using it to build a society that values children, not just fetuses?
While there are four other Mexican states with fully legal abortion, none are within easy distance of the U.S. border, although the ruling establishes "obligatory criteria" which all other Mexican states will be required to follow.
In most of Latin America, abortion remains illegal.
- Mexico's supreme court ruled Tuesday to decriminalize abortion in a unanimous vote.
- The ruling marks a major victory for reproductive rights advocates in the country.
- It comes after an anti-abortion law recently went into effect in Texas, Mexico's northern neighbor...
"This will not only have an impact in Mexico; it will set the agenda for the entire Latin American region," Melissa Ayala, coordinator of litigation for the Mexican feminist organization GIRE, told The Washington Post of the vote.
Mexico's supreme court unanimously votes to decriminalize abortion
Coahuila borders Laredo on the most well-traveled route between the two countries, 150 miles from San Antonio.
Looking at it objectively, it seems to show that abortion will always be legal somewhere. It is legal in almost all of the northern hemisphere and Australia. If Roe v.s. Wade is overturned by the Supreme Court, it will still be legal in about half the states.
And that brings me to my long-held conclusion. People of good will, if you want to "kill" abortion, you will have to "kill it with kindness." You will have to go after the root causes and address them. In a country with rampant and increasing income inequality (in my state, 47% of workers earn less than $15 an hour) you will have to make childrearing affordable.
Wouldn't it be better taking the money spent on firehouse drop boxes where women can abandon infants safely and using it to build a society that values children, not just fetuses?
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