Mexico’s supreme court has decriminalized abortion across the country, two years after ruling that abortion was not a crime in one northern state.

That earlier ruling had set off a grinding process of decriminalizing abortion state by state. Last week, the central state of Aguascalientes became the 12th state to decriminalize the procedure. Judges in states that still criminalize abortion will have to take account of the top court’s ruling.

The supreme court wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, that it had decided that “the legal system that criminalized abortion in the Federal Penal Code is unconstitutional, [because] it violates the human rights of women and people with the ability to gestate.”

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[–] 180 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Pretty crazy. Mexico has traditionally been VERY catholic. The fact that it has become more progressive than the US on women's rights really speaks volumes about how terrible the US has become.

I suspect a LOT of abortions happening down in the west texas town of el paso.

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  • [–] 80 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Pretty crazy. Mexico has traditionally been VERY catholic. The fact that it has become more progressive than the US on women’s rights really speaks volumes about how terrible the US has become.

    In some ways it might be about sending a clear signal that they arent interested in following the political or cultural leadership of the US.

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  • [–] 62 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    They also legalized same sex marriage a while ago. Yes they are religious but they are not "bible belt fundamentalists".. there is also universal healthcare. Did you know several American doctors go study there and just come back to pass the exams? Mexico had it's problems but it's not as bad as they make it seem here. Most immigrants that come here are at the bottom of the barrel of the economical scale.

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  • [–] 41 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    It seems even the pope is more progressive than American right now.

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Legitimately wild for the Pope to point blank call the US regressive.

    Not out of hypocrisy (though, yeah - solidarity with survivors and the colonised) - but because he was actually really justified in what he said to reach that.

    Wild. Absolutely wild. The US is so comically bad faith a society even the pope can eloquate why it's awful.

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    [–] 111 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    ...people with the ability to gestate.

    Got that 1-2 punch of abortion progress and inclusive language.

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    [–] 105 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Meanwhile in America red state boarder towns (boarder to blue or another country.) are making laws to stop every women traveling towards an abortion state.

    https://abc13.com/texas-abortion-law-highways-new-battleground-in-care-what-is-the/13740276/

    That's right, straight up Handmaid's Tale shit!

    "Under his eye."

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago

    God, I'm so glad I moved out of a shithole state before things went completely off the rails.

    At some point, I'm sure people will get tired of constant butthole inspections in these states and will go back to being chill and telling their lazy-ass politicians to focus on stuff that actually matters, instead of whatever distraction this is.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    Would love if the federal govt just removes roads and highway funding to states that allow or do not stop this from occurring. The federal interstate program should be just that.

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    [–] 100 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Did y'all know that Mexico also has a form of universal healthcare. Pretty soon the flow of illegal immigrants might start going the other way.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Lot of folks hop the border for a bit for the far cheaper dental care down there.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    That said, the entire mexican public health service system is absolute shit, so much so that the president acknowleged it as recently a last year.

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  • [–] 68 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Ah.

    So white ladies are going to start fleeing across the border to get abortions that they can't get in the States.

    Conservatives really ARE trying to bring us back to the 1950s, aren't they?

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    [–] 66 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Now we're gonna pay for the wall to keep us in!

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    [–] 58 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Wow, Mexican women have more rights than American women. Plus they also have universal healthcare.

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  • [–] 42 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    if only they still controlled texas

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  • [–] 38 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    tfw Mexico becomes more desirable than the USA in the future

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  • [–] 38 points 2 years ago

    Good for Mexico, that's awesome! Too bad the U.S. is such a fucking backwards excuse of a country.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    What is the best way to leave The United States?

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Generally, physically.

    Spiritually is okay as a stopgap solution, say while completely stoned out of your mind, but physically and permanently is what I would advise to actually improve your standard of living. Depending on your language skills and which languages you already know, good possible destinations include:

    • Canada
    • Ireland
    • Germany
    • Norway
    • Sweden (Norwegian language is probably easier for an american though, tbh)

    If in dire straits you could also go to the UK. Especially Scotland is a really beautiful place, but keep in mind as a country UK is quite, well, fucked. It's still a good destination, but if you're moving, might as well do better.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    ... wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter,

    It's amazing how many times online and on TV I hear people phrase things just like this.

    No one is just calling "X", X.

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    [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    Just call it twitter. Lonnie doesn't respect name changes for Trans people. Don't respect his company's name change.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It'd be fun to keep a tracker of how many conservatives clutch their pearls with this decision and then go vacation in Mexico on the beach. Remember, your taxes being used for abortions is evil, but willingly spending your money in Mexico and paying for abortions there is a-okay!

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    [–] [B] 13 points 2 years ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    The supreme court wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, that it had decided that “the legal system that criminalized abortion in the Federal Penal Code is unconstitutional, [because] it violates the human rights of women and people with the ability to gestate.”

    The court’s sweeping decision on Wednesday comes amid a trend in Latin America of loosening restrictions on abortion, even as access has been limited in parts of the United States.

    GIRE, a reproductive rights organization based in Mexico City, said the court decided that the portion of the federal penal code that criminalized abortion no longer has any effect.

    Across Latin America, countries have made moves to lift abortion restrictions in recent years, often referred to as a “green wave”.

    After decades of work by feminist activists across the region, the wave picked up speed in Argentina, which in 2020 legalized the procedure.

    Many organizers worry, however, that the lifting of restrictions may not translate to expanded access in highly conservative and religious countries.


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