Recent shifts on access to abortion suggest democracy and women’s rights go hand in hand — and that the inverse might be true as well.
By Max Fisher
Published Sept. 9, 2021
The story of abortion rights in the 21st century can be seen in two world-shaking developments this past week. In the first, the U.S. Supreme Court effectively upheld drastic new abortion restrictions in Texas. A few days later, Mexico’s high court paved the way for nationwide legalization.
It may be tempting to see Mexico’s ruling as the more surprising, catapulting the world’s second most populous Catholic country on a deeply contentious social matter.
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