FILE - A woman holds a banner reading in Spanish,"Legal, safe, and free abortion" as abortion rights protesters demonstrate in front of the National Congress on the"Day for Decriminalization of Abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean," in Mexico City, Sept. 28, 2020. Mexicos Supreme Court ruled in 2023 that national laws prohibiting abortions are unconstitutional and violate womens rights.
Whoever wins, the next president would not directly affect abortion legislation, since each state has autonomy over its penal code. Rodrigo Iván Cortés, director of the National Family Front, an anti-abortion group, said the current administration could not be considered an ally. “Before 2018, abortion had only been approved in Mexico City,” he said.
“The right to get an abortion must be consolidated,” she said. “It is far from being a reality for all women.”