Mexico Supreme Court Rules Abortion Not A Crime

Mexico City, Sep 7 (AP) Mexico's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that it is unconstitutional to punish abortion, unanimously annulling several provisions of a law from Coahuila a state on the Texas border that had made abortion a criminal act. The decision will immediately only affect the northern border state, but it establishes obligatory criteria for all of the country's judges, compelling them to act the same way in similar cases, said court President Arturo Zaldvar. Only four states Mexico City, Oaxaca, Veracruz and Hidalgo now allow abortion in most circumstances. The other 28 states penalize abortion with some exceptions..

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