Mexico's Supreme Court decriminalises abortion at the federal level
The Mexican Supreme Court of Justice ruled to decriminalise abortion at the national level, guaranteeing all women the possibility of accessing a voluntary termination of pregnancy (VTP), without being criminalised, nor the health professionals who carry out this practice. teleSUR
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00:00 in Mexico because there the Supreme Court of Justice announced the decriminalization
00:04 of abortion at the federal level, offering women the legal possibility of accessing free
00:09 abortion services in public hospitals.
00:11 The measure was taken after the filing of an injection by the NGO Grupo de Información
00:17 en Reproducción Elegida.
00:19 Judicial authorities established that the medical personnel of any federal institution
00:23 will not be criminalized for assisting someone who interrupts a pregnancy since they will
00:28 be providing a health service.
00:30 Also, the Supreme Court called on the Congress to eliminate the crime of abortion from the