Abortion in Mexico. An Open Debate

Abstract

This paper approaches the debate concerning the recent decriminalization of abortion inMexico City, which is labeled, according to the existing legal norms, as lawful interruption of pregnancywithin the first twelve weeks of carriage. Even though, since Mesoamerican culture, consented abortion was constructed as a crime, the humanist efforts, especially during the second half of the 20th century, has fought worldwide looking out for women rights for the decriminalization of this social practice. But, in realities such as the Latin-American and particularly the Mexican one, because of its cultural syncretismwith a southern Europe as a radical defender of morality and Renaissance Catholic practices, the reactions of the conservative wing, today identified with the right political wing of our country, that has declared itself catholic, have brought about legal reforms in the States in which it governs, that hold abortion underpunitive threat. For electoral reasons, other political parties, including the Democratic Revolution Party(PRD) that governs Mexico City, have linked themselves to this crusade