Arturo Zaldivar, president of the Mexican Supreme Court, hailed the decision as "a watershed moment" for all women, especially the most vulnerable. The vote by the 10 judges present stemmed from a 2018 case challenging a criminal law on abortion in Coahuila, a northern Mexican state which borders Texas, which has just tightened its laws. Hundreds of mostly poor Mexican women have been prosecuted for abortion, while at least several dozen remain jailed. In July, the state of Veracruz became just the fourth of Mexico's 32 regions to decriminalise abortion. When asked at a news conference for his opinion on abortion, he sidestepped the question, saying it was up to the court.

Source: bd News24 September 08, 2021 02:03 UTC