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Mexico landmark rulings on Reproductive
- GHRD Team
- 5 January 2022
September 2021 marked a new era for women’s and other individuals with gestational capacity
reproductive rights in Latin America, particularly in Mexico. The Mexican Supreme Court, the highest
judicial authority in the country, issued two landmark rulings that further contribute to reproductive
justice, promoting and ensuring fundamental human rights in the Americas. On 7 September, 2021, it
declared that a total criminalization of abortion was unconstitutional (No. 271/2021)1
. In doing so, it
overturned the statute in the state of Coahuila that punished women with up to three years of
imprisonment for having an abortion. Two days later, on September 9th, the Supreme Court rebutted a
section of the Sinaloa Constitution that protected life from the moment of conception by ruling that it was
unconstitutional(No.273/2021).2
reproductive rights in Latin America, particularly in Mexico. The Mexican Supreme Court, the highest
judicial authority in the country, issued two landmark rulings that further contribute to reproductive
justice, promoting and ensuring fundamental human rights in the Americas. On 7 September, 2021, it
declared that a total criminalization of abortion was unconstitutional (No. 271/2021)1
. In doing so, it
overturned the statute in the state of Coahuila that punished women with up to three years of
imprisonment for having an abortion. Two days later, on September 9th, the Supreme Court rebutted a
section of the Sinaloa Constitution that protected life from the moment of conception by ruling that it was
unconstitutional(No.273/2021).2
✨ AI summary
September 2021 marked a new era for women’s and other individuals with gestational capacity
reproductive rights in Latin America, particularly in Mexico. The Mexican Supreme Court, the highest
judicial authority in the country, issued two landmark rulings that further contribute to reproductive
justice, promoting and ensuring fundamental human rights in the Americas. On 7 September, 2021, it
declared that a total criminalization of abortion was unconstitutional (No. 271/2021)1
. In doing so, it
overturned the statute in the state of Coahuila that punished women with up to three years of
imprisonment for having an abortion. Two days later, on September 9th, the Supreme Court rebutted a
section of the Sinaloa Constitution that protected life from the moment of conception by ruling that it was
unconstitutional(No.273/2021).2
reproductive rights in Latin America, particularly in Mexico. The Mexican Supreme Court, the highest
judicial authority in the country, issued two landmark rulings that further contribute to reproductive
justice, promoting and ensuring fundamental human rights in the Americas. On 7 September, 2021, it
declared that a total criminalization of abortion was unconstitutional (No. 271/2021)1
. In doing so, it
overturned the statute in the state of Coahuila that punished women with up to three years of
imprisonment for having an abortion. Two days later, on September 9th, the Supreme Court rebutted a
section of the Sinaloa Constitution that protected life from the moment of conception by ruling that it was
unconstitutional(No.273/2021).2
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