Mexican congress considers depenalizing abortion

Mexican senators from the leftist Democratic Revolution Party (PRD, as it’s known in Spanish) introduced a bill that would depenalize certain forms of abortion throughout the country. The bill is similar to a proposal introduced by PRD legislators in Mexico City, but the national bill also calls for government health clinics to provide abortions to women who request them.

As was expected, the Church is in an uproar over both proposals as was demonstrated by some very direct remarks by a spokesman for Mexico City's Roman Catholic archdiocese:

"The leftists' anti-democratic, intolerant and fascist attitude has tried to shut up a voice that objects to this absurd blood law."

President Felipe Calderon has even stepped into the fray by acknowledging that abortion is a “very delicate” issue though he would veto any bill that would depenalize abortion.

Links- Shanghai Daily, The Latin Americanist, MSNBC, Zenit News Agency

Image- Vida Humana (Anti-abortion protest in Mexico)