by Explica.co
December 31, 2020

MEXICO CITY – Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said on Thursday that he is in favor of a popular consultation for women to decide on the decriminalization of abortion in the country, a day after Argentina joined a handful of Latin American countries that endorse the termination of pregnancy.

Early Wednesday morning, Argentine senators approved the legalization of abortion until the 14th week of gestation, joining Cuba, Guyana and Uruguay. In Mexico, abortion is only legal in the capital Mexico City and in the southwestern state of Oaxaca.

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