CNN —Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled to federally decriminalize abortion on Wednesday, finding that the current ban on the procedure is unconstitutional.
Abortion has already been decriminalized in 12 states in Mexico.
A general view of the Supreme Court building.
The country has become an unexpected haven for US residents after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022.
Verónica Cruz, an abortion rights activists, told CNN in 2022 that she was surprised to find Mexico “going forward, and the US is going backward.”
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