Abortion Bans Push Some in US to Travel to Mexico for Reproductive Health Care
As US states like Florida impose more restrictions, more states in Mexico are legalizing abortion.
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As US states like Florida impose more restrictions, more states in Mexico are legalizing abortion.
In Mexico, more states are legalizing abortion at the same time US states like Florida are imposing more restrictions.
Sociologist Naomi Braine’s new book on the global feminist movement for self-managed abortion took her to Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Europe to study activists’ work there.
Brazil’s Supreme Court is now considering a case that could decriminalize abortion in the country up to 12 weeks of gestation. This case had previously been on hold since 2018, when the Court held a public hearing at which Human Rights Watch urged it to consider Brazil’s obligations under international law in reaching its ruling. Brazil’s current legislation regulating abortion, which dates to 1940, is incompatible with the country's human rights obligations. Abortion is criminalized except in cases of sexual violence, when the life of the pregnant woman is in danger, or when a fata...
Click to expand Image People take part in a march in defense of legal abortion on International Safe Abortion Day at Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on September 28, 2023. 2023 Cris Faga/NurPhoto via AP Photo Brazil's Supreme Court is now considering a case that could decriminalize abortion in the country up to 12 weeks of gestation. This case had previously been on hold since 2018, when the Court held a public hearing at which Human Rights Watch urged it to consider Brazil's obligations under international law in reaching its ruling. Brazil's current legislation regulating ...