And a third state in Mexico is decriminalizing abortion

The members of the state parliament in Hidalgo voted yesterday to lift abortion penalties, with the state becoming the third to allow women to have the option of terminating their pregnancies in the predominantly Roman Catholic country.

The measure was approved by 16 votes to one with 28 abstentions. clarified the Hidalgo Congress via Twitter.

Only the Federal District, where the vast capital is located, and the southern state of Oaxaca also allow abortion until the 12th week of pregnancy.

The law in Hidalgo will take effect after it is published in the state government newspaper.

Authorities in the state, which borders the area of ​​the capital, allowed abortion only exceptionally and in certain cases, for example if the mother-to-be had been raped.

Dozens of women wearing green headscarves, a symbol of the Latin American feminist movement calling for the decriminalization of abortion, erupted in applause and applause when the result of the vote was announced, Mexican media reported.

Across Latin America, abortion legislation is one of the strictest in the world, but with mobilizations that magnify feminist movements calling for reform; in Argentina abortions were decriminalized in December.

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