Mexico City Legalizes Abortion

As the United States moves backwards on abortion rights, the trend in other parts of the world is in the opposite direction.  Via CBS News:

Mexico City lawmakers voted to legalize abortion Tuesday, a decision likely to influence policies and health practices across Mexico and other parts of heavily Roman Catholic Latin America.

The proposal, approved 46-19, with one abstention, would take effect with the expected signing by the federal district's leftist mayor. But abortion opponents have already vowed to appeal the law to the Supreme Court, a move likely to extend the bitter and emotional debate in this predominantly Catholic nation.

See also: Abortion rights gain ground in Latin America; Portugese President Signs Bill to Liberalize Abortion Laws.

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