Mexico decriminalizes abortion, a dramatic step in world's second-biggest Catholic country

[Maeve]

Source: Washington Post

Update: Mexico’s supreme court voted unanimously Tuesday to decriminalize abortion. The court’s decision makes Mexico the most populous country in Latin America to permit the procedure.

The story will be updated.

Original story:

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s supreme court appeared poised Tuesday to decriminalize abortion, a striking step in a country with one of the world’s largest Catholic populations and a move that contrasts sharply with tighter restrictions introduced across the border in Texas.

Eight of the 11 supreme court judges have expressed support for decriminalization in arguments that began Monday. A ruling was possible Tuesday, after the three others spoke.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/09/07/mexico-abortion-supreme-court/

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Hmmm....do Texas women have another choice now?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My first thought was the same as yours! I think Texan women do have another choice! n/t

[Grins]

8. Doctors, too!

[dweller]

2. Well, there goes that chance

of Mexico taking Texas off our hands 😑


✌🏻

[DURHAM D]

3. Mexico has been a choice for decades and decades.

The border towns have a lot of good clinics.

[Javaman]

4. mark my words...

asshole abbott and his room full of nazi's will institute some sort of border crossing profiling check.

any woman who "appears" pregnant will be put on a list and checked when she returns.

[Jetheels]

25. Very dystopian.

They could train dogs or something.

[Javaman]

28. This is Texas. The only truly fascist state in the union nt

[csziggy]

29. Thing is as early as they have outlawed abortion, no one could tell

Unless they are going to make every woman crossing the border pee on a test stick, they will have no way to check.

And if the women do get abortions, will their hormones change quickly enough to test not pregnant upon their return?

[Javaman]

42. quite honestly, I put nothing past asshole abbott.

we thought we would never get to this point, and here we are.

[Joinfortmill]

5. Immigration from Texas to increase soon.

[Layzeebeaver]

12. Emigrate from, immigrate to...

I emigrated from the us to immigrate to the UK.

Fat lot of good that did me! Brexit, boris, COVID…

[IcyPeas]

6. thank you Mexico

[cinematicdiversions]

7. Well you are already going there for dental work and decent cough syrup...nt

[dalton99a]

9. Unlike the third-world shithole dictatorship north of its border

[bucolic_frolic]

10. So building the Wall WAS designed to prevent us from leaving

Mexico the new vacation spot. Ask Cancun Cruz.

[Hekate]

14. That's what I said all along: Berlin Wall Redux

[keithbvadu2]

19. Abbot wants to increase his own Berlin wall.

There is a New Berlin, Tx but it is not on the border with Mexico.

[Farmer-Rick]

43. Fascist and totalitarian countries have to stop emigration.

Otherwise they would end up with very few citizens to abuse. Yeah the wall was to stop that. But travel restrictions, ID laws and document requirements also can stop or severely slow down emigration.

But still there is some amount of immigration because there are worse places then our US oligarchy. So, that is why we still have some immigration from South America.

If we get another dicktater like Trump, even immigration may stop.

[nycbos]

11. Every Sperm is Sacred - Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

[Hekate]

13. Well Texas refugees may have a choice now. Re-open the borders!

[Maeve]

15. Adding to update--same URL

The vote comes as a powerful women’s movement is transforming Mexico, where female politicians now make up half of Congress. While abortion remains illegal in most of Latin America, there has been a surge in demonstrations demanding more rights for women, particularly focused on rising violence.

Mexico's bold break with machismo: women are now half of Congress and gender parity is the law

“This will not only have an impact in Mexico; it will set the agenda for the entire Latin American region,” said Melissa Ayala, coordinator of litigation for the Mexican feminist organization GIRE. She called the ruling “a historic moment for feminists and activists” who have pressed for women’s rights for years in Mexico’s state legislatures, health ministries and law schools.

Four countries in Latin America allow abortion under virtually all circumstances early in pregnancy: Argentina, Cuba, Uruguay and Guyana. Some nations forbid abortion for any reason. In El Salvador, women accused of aborting a fetus can be prosecuted on assault or homicide charges, and face decades in prison.

[riversedge]

39. Pope Francis needs to stay quite on this one. Doubt that he will.

[COL Mustard]

16. I Mean, If Ireland And Mexico Have Decriminalized It.....

What is the Church really hung up on?????

[Karma13612]

22. It's the Amur'cn

Catholic Church that is taking us backwards.

Not the global Catholic Church…

[csziggy]

30. It's more the American Protestant churches pushing this

While the Catholic Church never approved of abortion (or birth control for that matter) they never went all out in a political push to outlaw it completely.

I remember when the South Baptists fought against John Kennedy because they didn't want the Pope telling him how to run our country. Somewhere around the time Reagan got in, Catholics and Evangelical Protestants joined forces and have put us where we are.

To HELL with all religions, especially what has been made of "Christianity" by these assholes.

[Karma13612]

40. Very true! Eom

[marie999]

17. I can see Texans trying to sue Doctors in Mexico.

Are they going to try to not allow pregnant women to leave the country?

[csziggy]

31. Texans will start to sue travel agents!

Somehow I think that won't go over well.

[Dream Girl]

18. Abortion procedure can now be added to other medical tourism offerings in Mexico

along with dentistry, cosmetic surgery, and prescription medication.

[keithbvadu2]

20. Vacations to Mexico. No mention of abortion.

Vacations to Mexico. No mention of abortion.

[Karma13612]

21. There ya go! But, lets

See how hard it will be to get back into Texas after the trip to Mexico.

Anyway, this is great news!

[csziggy]

32. Who would want to go back to Texas?

Only slightly

[Karma13612]

41. Good one!

[róisín_dubh]

23. Good. Now enforce your Femicide laws, Mexico.

We're waiting.

[sinkingfeeling]

24. How long do you think it would take me, 73 years old, to learn Spanish?

[LeftInTX]

36. Just go, you will learn

[AllaN01Bear]

26. eggscllent . great news . if we do that here , the american taliban would have a fit.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

27. Texas in the meantime seems on its way to becoming a banana republic.

[Judi Lynn]

34. Absolutely! El Salvador imprisons women who have miscarriages. Not such a reach for Texas, now. 😡

[joetheman]

33. They plan on boosting their economy from US women and some men who support them. nt

[Judi Lynn]

35. They could probably make an industry with it now, if they make sure it's all very safe.

U.S. misogynists, religious nutballs, sociopaths might have second thoughts about trying to follow these women and supporters seeking help, to bully or harm them in Mexico, and risk dealing with the Mexican government.

[LeftInTX]

37. Abortion is fairly regulated in Mexico.

In Coahuila, they were imprisoning women up to three years.
I don't know how this will play out, but money talks.

[riversedge]

38. science over religion is a very good thing