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Abortion rights groups say local measures could lead to national prohibition

April 21, 2009
Nacha Cattan, The News (Mexico)

Abortion activists in Mexico say a growing number of states that have granted embryos the same rights as people are limiting women's access to legal abortions. The result, they say, could be a national ban on all such procedures.

On Friday, the state of Nayarit joined other local legislatures that have reformed their constitutions to protect life starting at conception. In the past six months, over half of Mexico's 31 states have either passed such a reform or had it proposed by lawmakers.

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