Africa Business Radio

Mexico’s Supreme Court has ruled that it is unconstitutional to penalise abortion, a major victory for women’s health and reproductive rights that comes amid a green wave of abortion decriminalisation in Latin America.The Mexican court’s decision follows moves to decriminalise abortion at the state level, although most of the country still has tough laws in place against women terminating their pregnancy early.The court unanimously annulled several provisions of a law from Coahuila that had made abortion a criminal act, and its decision will immediately only affect the northern border state.