Mayor Signs Off on Abortion Law
From Times Wire Reports
Mexico City Mayor Rosario Robles signed an initiative that would decriminalize abortion when the life of the mother is threatened or when the fetus has been diagnosed with severe birth defects. The move came days after legislators in the central state of Guanajuato voted to prohibit abortion in cases of rape, heightening fears about the conservative agenda of the newly powerful National Action Party.
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