The debate around abortion has always been present, however, a doctor went viral by mentioning that a fetus is NOT just cells, but a miracle of God and “doctors must respect that.”
ABORTION: THE CASE OF THE US
All this takes place in the current context, where the general director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, He affirmed this Wednesday, May 4, in fear that the right to abortion will be revoked in the United States, that restricting access to this practice does not reduce its incidence but rather “drags women and girls into unsafe procedures”.
“Women should always have the right to choose when it comes to their bodies and their health,” Tedros said on his official Twitter account, where he did not refer directly to the United States.
“Access to safe abortion saves lives”, concluded the head of the WHO, an organization that in its corporate account on the social network also defended the right of women around the world to access safe abortion practices.
This Monday, May 2, a draft sentence of the US Supreme Court that, if it goes ahead, it would mean in practice the elimination of abortion protection, in force in the country since 1973, something that has caused a stir in the country and sparked public protests.
The draft, published by the political portal, has the support of at least five Supreme Court magistrates. That is to say, of the majority of the nine judges that compose it- and its authenticity was confirmed the next day by the court itself.
‘Abortion opponents want to punish women’
The vice president of the United States, Kamala Harris, said that the possible repeal against abortion is a tool of the opposition legislators to punish women, this after it became known a draft in which the Supreme Court of the United States would annul abortion and would give each state the ability to restrict the right.
Through a statement issued by the White House, Harris said that the law, known as Roe, “guarantees the women’s right to choose abortion. It also, at its root, protects the fundamental right to privacy.”
He also accused that this possible determination is part of a desire by opposition legislators to “punish women and take away their right to make decisions about their own bodies.”
kamala harris He said Republican lawmakers are using this potential ruling as a weapon against women through the law.
While in the United States a decision could be made in the Supreme Court that prohibit access to voluntary abortion and make it a serious crimeIn Mexico, this right for women has been advancing in recent years.
The criminalization of abortion is prohibited throughout Mexico and in seven states it is legal and allowed for a woman to interrupt her pregnancy without having to give a reason to do so other than her own will.
All this, despite being considered an ideologically conservative country, in which 78% of its population is Catholic according to data from the 2020 Mexican Population Census.
The progress in the seven states where the abortion is allowed has been gradual, while the ruling of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) that decriminalizes abortion throughout the country occurred only in September 2021.
On September 7, 2021, the 11 SCJN ministers unanimously decided to decriminalize abortion throughout the country; that is, it is not a crime and it is forbidden to send to jail a woman who has decided to voluntarily terminate her pregnancy.