Abortion in Mexico

As an American, we take it as a "right" for women to abort thier fetus for valid or non-valid reasons. However, in Mexico it's a crime for women to have an abortion and they are prosecuted for it. Whether you are pro-choice or not...every individual should have a say when it comes to their body and it's physical being.

• The Autonomous National University of Mexico (UNAM) published a study estimating that approximately half a million girls and women undergo abortion (both legal and illegal) every year in Mexico.

Furthermore, the right to abort a fetus always have some exceptions: In the case of a rape for instance.

Waiving the penalty for abortion are: (http://hrw.org/women/abortion/mexico.html)

• 
  

the abortion is the result of negligent behavior on the part of the pregnant woman (valid in twenty-nine states);

to save the life of the pregnant woman (valid in twenty-seven states);

the fetus has serious genetic malformations (valid in thirteen states);

to protect the health of the pregnant woman (valid in ten states);

the pregnancy is the result of non-consensual artificial insemination (valid in eleven states); and

where the woman already has three other children, for economic reasons (valid only in Yucatán).

Although these may seem fair for this circumstances other women are being prosecuted for something that is a liberty in other nations. TheCatholic church has also had a major influence on the abortion laws in Mexico.

Below is a video documentary link:

http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play?p=abortion+in+mexico&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-501&tnr=21&vid=1308319276

Or

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg6DTd4GRjk