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A region with some of the world’s most restrictive abortion laws has started to tentatively move in the opposite direction

Verónica Cruz of the Mexican women’s activist network Las Libres declared, “We aren’t afraid. … We are willing to face criminalization, because women’

With pro-life laws getting stronger in Texas, foreign pro-choice activists are working to bypass the restrictions, including smuggling abortion pills in and bringing women across international borders to have abortions.

Mexican activists plan to provide women in Texas and other U.S. states with information, support — and abortion-inducing pills.

A plan forms in Mexico: Help Americans get abortions

GUANAJUATO, Mexico — Verónica Cruz spent years defying the law in Mexico, helping thousands of women get abortions.