Mexico amnesty law eyes reprieve for minor drug offenses, abortions

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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has sent a draft law to Congress t...

MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has sent a draft law to Congress that aims to grant amnesty to people serving jail time for lesser offenses, including abortion and possession of small amounts of drugs, the government said on Sunday.

“The amnesty would benefit those in prison for minor crimes, not murderers or kidnappers or those who have caused serious injury to another person,” Lopez Obrador wrote in a preamble to the draft initiative. During his campaign, he said he would explore an amnesty with criminals to pursue a less confrontational approach to tackling the violence, generating expectations it could involve members of gangs. However, the premise remained vague.However, Lopez Obrador did argue clemency should be shown to vulnerable people who had been convicted for transporting or selling drugs under duress, and that prison stays were more likely to push them into the arms of organized crime.

Outside of Mexico City, abortion is illegal in most of the country except for in certain situations, such as rape.

 

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More Mexican abortions means less illegal aliens in America. Way to go, eugenicist.

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