Page 90 - Aguascalientes News Today

Women's rights activists in Latin America have long looked to the United States as a model in their decadeslong struggle to chip away at abortion restrictions in their highly religious countries.

Researching ancestors from Spanish speaking countries is difficult if you don’t know the language. Here are tools to help you get past the language barrier.

The decision by Mexico's Supreme Court ending federal criminal penalties for abortion was a boost to activists who waged decades-long campaigns for safe abortion access nationwide. The mostly Catholic country still has significant barriers to overcome before Mexican women gain universal access. Twenty of Mexico ’s 32 states have laws classifying abortion as a crime that allow exceptions only in cases of rape.

The decision by Mexico's Supreme Court ending federal criminal penalties for abortion was a boost to activists who waged decades-long campaigns for safe access.

Mexico’s Supreme Court strikes down abortion ban

Mexico’s Supreme Court has decriminalized abortion nationwide two years after ruling that abortion was not a crime in one northern state. That earlier ruling had set off a grinding process

Mexico’s Supreme Court ordered that abortion be removed from the federal penal code.

Increased production constrained by avian influenza outbreaks

The ruling will increase abortion access throughout Mexico, marking a major victory for abortion rights advocates in the predominantly Roman Catholic country

The ruling will increase abortion access throughout Mexico, marking a major victory for abortion rights advocates in the predominantly Roman Catholic country.