Congress of Guanajuato Blocks the Decriminalization of Abortion; Vote Will Resume in June

Guanajuato, considered to be the most conservative state in Mexico, said no to the decriminalization of abortion this Thursday. However, as the vote registered a tie in the state Congress, the discussion will resume in June.#DePleno Session The plenary discussed the opinion of three initiatives to reform the Penal Code on the decriminalization of voluntary abortion. Upon submitting to the vote, a tie was recorded, so the discussion and vote wi…

GUANAJUATO.— In the midst of pro-abortion and anti-abortion protests, the debate over the decriminalization of the termination of pregnancy in Guanajuato registered a tie in the votes, with 18 in favor and 18 against, for which it will again be put to its vote next Thursday in ordinary session. Among the cries of protesters was the vote in the Congress of Guanajuato, where the National Action Party failed to join more opposition deputies, its 16…

The Congress of Guanajuato tied, historically, with 18 votes in favour and 18 against, the discussion to decriminalize the termination of pregnancy during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. That is to say, it was not possible, for now, to eliminate the criminalization of abortion as a crime within the State Penal Code; the ruling was not de facto dismissed. “Hypocrites and a thousand times hypocrites. Today this legislature has a historical respon…

The Congress of the Mexican state of Guanajuato postponed on Thursday the vote on the decriminalization of abortion, after a technical tie of 18 votes in favor and 18 against. The entry Empate in the Congress of the Mexican state of Guanajuato slows the decriminalization of abortion was first published in the Digital Process.

On Thursday, the State Congress discussed the initiative to decriminalize abortion,

With 18 votes in favour and 18 against, the Congress of Guanajuato temporarily dismissed initiatives to decriminalize voluntary abortion, supported mainly by legislators from Morena and MC. Outside the compound hundreds pro-life and collective protest groups divided by a fence. Most of the votes against came from the PAN, PRI and PVEM, which caused a technical tie and postponed the resolution until the next ordinary session, according to the Org…