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Mexico's Supreme Court ruled to decriminalize abortion. Yesterday,

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the High court threw out all the federal criminal penalties

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for abortion. This means abortion will be available at

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federal public health institutions throughout the country in handing down

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its decision. The Supreme Court said, quote,

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the legal system that penalizes abortion in the federal criminal

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code is unconstitutional since it violates the human rights of

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women and people with the capacity to gestate. Abortion

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remains a crime in 20 states. But judges in

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those states will have to follow the Supreme Court's decision

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and further legal steps are required to remove all penalties

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