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    Mexico decriminalizes abortion, extending Latin American trend of widening access

    The country's Supreme Court ordered that abortion be removed from the federal penal code, ruling that national laws prohibiting the procedure are unconstitutional and violate women's rights.
    by The Associated Press Sep 06, 2023 3 minutes
    Updated September 6, 2023 at 9:45 PM ET

    MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's Supreme Court threw out all federal criminal penalties for abortion Wednesday, ruling that national laws prohibiting the procedure are unconstitutional and violate women's rights in a sweeping decision that extended Latin American's trend of widening abortion access.

    The high court ordered that abortion be removed from the federal penal code. The ruling will require the federal public health service and all federal health institutions to offer abortion to anyone who requests it.

    "No woman or pregnant person, nor

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