The court sought the Law Ministry’s response through a statement from the World Health Organisation, which has declared virginity testing unscientific, medically unnecessary and unreliable.
Mexico City, Sep 7 (AP) Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that punishing abortion is unconstitutional, unanimously scrapping several provisions of a law from Coahuila, a state on the Texas border, that made abortion a criminal act. Had given. The decision will immediately affect only the northern border state, but it establishes mandatory criteria for all judges in the country, forcing them to act the same way in similar cases, said court president Arturo Zaldvar. Only four states, Mexico City, Oaxaca, Veracruz and Hidalgo, now allow abortion in most circumstances. Another 28 states penalize abortion with a few exceptions.
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Mexico City, Sep 7 (AP) Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that punishing abortion is unconstitutional, unanimously scrapping several provisions of a law from Coahuila, a state on the Texas border, that made abortion a criminal act. Had given. The decision will immediately affect only the northern border state, but it establishes mandatory criteria for all judges in the country, forcing them to act the same way in similar cases, said court president Arturo Zaldvar. Only four states, Mexico City, Oaxaca, Veracruz and Hidalgo, now allow abortion in most circumstances. Another 28 states penalize abortion with a few exceptions.
The Supreme Court had earlier ruled in favor of women who were imprisoned for abortion or their rights were violated. But Rebecca Ramos, director of the nongovernmental reproductive rights group GIRE, said this is the first time judges have debated the fundamental question: whether or not abortion should be considered a crime. (AP).
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