Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion across country

Mexico’s Supreme Court has decriminalized abortion across the country. In a statement, the court said, that system that penalizes abortion is unconstitutional since it violates the human rights of women. The judgement comes after two years follows a similar ruling that stated abortion is not a crime and gave women access to abortion without fear of prosecution in the country. After the judgement, the Information Group on Reproductive Choice which has been carrying out campaigns for abortion rights, welcomed the step of decriminalising abortion at the national level. It said that the court concluded that the federal penal code’s portion which criminalises abortion is no longer effective. No woman or pregnant person, nor any health worker will be able to be punished for abortion. Previously abortion had been decriminalized in a dozen of Mexico’s 32 states, starting with Mexico City in 2007.