US EditionGuanajuato Refuses to Decriminalize Abortion
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With the vote of the representative of the Green Ecological Party of Mexico (PVEM), Luz Itzel Mendo González, the Congress of Guanajuato, with a panist majority, refused to decriminalize abortion. The Pevemista legislator was qualified as sold by the women in favor; those of the Provida group wrapped her up.
Abortion will continue to be a crime in Guanajuato. The local Congress has just refused to decriminalize the termination of pregnancy by 19 votes compared to 17. This result has occurred after Green Party deputy Luz Itzel Mendo changed the sense of her vote and aligned herself with the PAN bench. Screaming for “sell,” Morena deputies have left the House. Guanajuato is one of the most conservative states in Mexico, where abortion research kits ar…
The Secretary of Women, Citlalli Hernández, lamented that the Congress of Guanajuato has refused to decriminalize abortion in that entity, and called on legislators to re-discuss the initiative and respect women’s rights. “When we are legislators, we legislate for people’s rights, not for our beliefs beyond how any legislator thinks about a woman’s personal decision to terminate her pregnancy. It seems to me that it is already a discussion that …
With 19 votes against and 17 in favour, the Congress of the State of Guanajuato refused to decriminalize abortion in the entity.
The Congress of Guanajuato rejected the decriminalization of abortion. The initiative did not get the majority of votes in the session this Thursday, after last week a tie was registered. At the last moment, the deputy of the Green Ecological Party of Mexico (PVEM), Luz Itzel Mendo González, announced that it would change its decision, so it joined the panist and perredist vote. In this way, 19 votes were reached in favor of maintaining the crim…
With 19 votes in favour and 17 against, the Congress of the State of Guanajuato rejected the proposal for the decriminalization of abortion, after a session that lasted just over three hours and where a protest broke out in plenary for the determination. After this result, the entity’s Penal Code cannot be modified and the voluntary termination of pregnancy will continue to be a crime. Prior to the vote, feminist groups and members of pro-life o…
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