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States tighten already restrictive abortion laws in Mexico

August 17, 2009
Emilio Godoy, IPS News

Alejandra Gómez is facing prosecution in the southern Mexican state of Puebla for having an abortion. The 20-year-old's case is symptomatic of a wave of anti-abortion legal reforms adopted by a number of states in this country.

The reforms are seen by activists as a backlash against the April 2007 legalization of first-trimester abortion in Mexico City.

Except in the federal district, abortion is illegal in Mexico, although the 31 states all make exceptions on varying grounds, such as for victims of rape or in cases in which the mother's life or health is at risk or there are serious fetal deformities.

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