Mexico’s Supreme Court Decriminalizes Abortion

Mexico’s Supreme Court Decriminalizes Abortion
Mexico's Supreme Court member Arturo Zaldiva is seen in a file photograph. Yuri Cortez/AFP via Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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Mexico’s supreme court on Tuesday decriminalized abortion, ruling that punishing the act runs against the country’s constitution.

“From now on, you will not be able to, without violating the court’s criteria and the constitution, charge any woman who aborts under the circumstances this court has ruled as valid,” Arturo Zaldivar, president of the National Supreme Court of Justice, said after the ruling.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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