Today Mexico legalized abortion ... nationwide!

[kenny]

Big Kudos to you, Mexico!

Oh the comments!
Read em and weep for the USA, with its so-called separation of church and state.

I wouldn't blame Mexico if they built a wall.

Mexico’s Supreme Court Decriminalizes Abortion Nationwide (Published 2023)

The decision builds on an earlier high court ruling and reflects how Latin American countries are expanding women’s rights.

www.nytimes.com

 

[missy]

Yasssss!
At least other countries are showing common sense.

Boo USA. Our government (and politics) S U C K
Separation of Church and State are a big joke in this country

Shame on the USA
Thank you Mexico

 

[RMOO]

So now we can anticipate Texas border patrol arresting women traveling to Mexico for that service? I see a cottage industry of reverse smuggling in the future.

Edited to add that I agree, the degradation of the separation of church and state in the USA is shameful.

 

[DAF]

Awesome news.

 

[Mreader]

Big Kudos to you, Mexico!

Oh the comments!
Read em and weep for the USA, with its so-called separation of church and state.

I wouldn't blame Mexico if they built a wall.

Mexico’s Supreme Court Decriminalizes Abortion Nationwide (Published 2023)

The decision builds on an earlier high court ruling and reflects how Latin American countries are expanding women’s rights.

www.nytimes.com

Not so fast. They are still given authority to the state. But yes - it’s a step going forward while we are going backward.

 

[kenny]

Not so fast. They are still given authority to the state. ...

I don't understand.

Here's a snip from the NYT article:

"Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalized abortion nationwide on Wednesday in a sweeping decision that builds on an earlier rulinggiving officials the authority to allow the procedure on a state-by-state basis."

Doesn't that mean previously each state could decide whether to ban or allow abortion, but as of yesterday abortion was decriminalized nationwide ... as in, the new national law replaced the old state-based law?

 

[Mreader]

I don't understand.

Here's a snip from the NYT article:

"Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalized abortion nationwide on Wednesday in a sweeping decision that builds on an earlier rulinggiving officials the authority to allow the procedure on a state-by-state basis."

Doesn't that mean previously each state could decide whether to ban or allow abortion, but as of yesterday abortion was decriminalized nationwide ... as in, the new national law replaced the old state-based law?

As I understand it, about two years back it was only one state in the north (bordering TX ironically) where it was decriminialized and and it was status quo in the rest of the country. So, as the article explains, it is building on that ruling by decriminializing it on a federal level but the states have the authority to ban it still. It's still a victory, but with some states still under a ban it is much like what it is in the US now, except of course our high court is a conservative disaster. That is how I interpret it, though it is confusing because it says that federal hospitals cannot legally ban it so perhaps private clinics can? Or it maybe it is like it in Italy, where abortion is technically available from state run hospitals BUT over 90% of docs refuse to perform it and are allowed to do so.

Again, not to say this isn't a victory but perhaps more on the philosophical level rather than a practical one.

 

[Lookinagain]

I read that it can be, and so far still is, banned in many Mexican states. However, since their Supreme Court decriminalized it, I'm assuming that if someone "breaks" the ban in a state, they can't be charged criminally. So that seems to at least not make women who get abortions in a banned state, criminals. Seems a step ahead of the U.S. where women can still be criminal in some of our states. So it's not that Mexico legalized it. But decriminalized it.