Mexico's Oaxaca state legalises abortion in historic move for Catholic nation
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 / 5:49 PM / UPDATED 8 HOURS AGO
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican state of Oaxaca on Wednesday approved a bill to legalise abortion, making it only the second region of the predominantly Roman Catholic country after Mexico City to permit the procedure.
Amid raucous shouts of protest from opponents, the local Congress voted by 24 lawmakers in favour to 10 against to allow abortions during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy in Oaxaca, a southern state that has long been among Mexico’s poorest.
The state Congress is dominated by the leftist National Regeneration Movement of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who has avoided taking a clear stand on abortion.
Approval of the measure came just a few days after Lopez Obrador sent a bill to the federal Congress that would grant an amnesty to women serving jail terms for abortion.
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