Question : Recently which Country’s Supreme Court has decriminalized abortion?
(a) USA
(b) Canada
(c) Cuba
(d) Mexico
Answer: (d)
Related Facts:
- Supreme Court of Mexico has ruled that criminal penalties for terminating pregnancies are unconstitutional.
- This ruling was meant for northern state of Coahuila.
- Currently, abortion is severely restricted in four of the states in Mexico. It is also legal in cases of rape or where mother’s life is in danger
- With this ruling, women who were jailed for having abortions will now be released, with immediate effect.
- Mexico City decriminalised abortion in 2007 and the supreme court upheld that law as constitutional.
BY: AMIT GUPTA