MORENA, with a majority in many Mexican states since 2018, the year in which López Obrador won the presidency, has vigorously promoted the decriminalization of abortion.
Until 2018, only Mexico City had decriminalized free abortion on demand up to 12 weeks of gestation. Mexico City - formerly known as the Federal District - is a federal entity with the same powers as a state.
The approval of abortion in Mexico City occurred in 2007, when Marcelo Ebrard was head of government of the then Federal District. Ebrard is currently Secretary of Foreign Relations in the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Just in the first three years of López Obrador's administration, MORENA has managed to decriminalize free abortion on demand until week 12 in the states of Oaxaca, Hidalgo and Veracruz.
The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation will take up the discussion of an action of unconstitutionality on the right to conscientious objection in the General Health Law, which could lead to health professionals being forced to participate in abortions, this coming Monday, September 13, 2021.
Through the CitizenGO platform, more than 60,000 people have signed a campaign expressing their rejection of abortion and the provisions of the Supreme Court.
Some 30,000 people have signed a similar campaign on the Activate platform.
The National Front for the Family and various pro-life organizations in Mexico will illuminate the exterior of the Supreme Court building tonight at 8:30 p.m. with messages in favor of life.
A public demonstration in defense of life outside the Supreme Court is also scheduled for Monday, September 13, 2021.
Graduated in Communication Sciences from the Universidad Privada del Norte in Trujillo, Peru. I have been part of the ACI Prensa team for more than 10 years. I have covered Pope Francis' trips to Ecuador, Paraguay, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, and Peru. I covered the beatification ceremony of today's Saint Oscar Arnulfo Romero in San Salvador, El Salvador, in 2015. Special envoy for investigation in Honduras in 2016. Head of the ACI Prensa Office in Mexico since 2018.
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