Mexico Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion nationwide
10 September 2023 |
2:54 pm
Mexico's top court ordered that the crime of abortion be removed from the federal penal code. The decision in the Catholic-majority country comes amid a trend in Latin America of loosening restrictions on abortion.
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