Morena proposed a new initiative for the decriminalization of abortion

One of the greater demands of women in Mexico has access to a legal and safe abortionHowever, the initiatives promoted in other legislatures in Congress, they have not prospered so far. NOW, Morena in the House of Representatives launched a new proposal to remove this practice from the Federal Penal Code.

The brunette MP Marisol Mase promoted an initiative to repeal articles 329 to 334 of the Penal Code, would eliminate abortion of the legal framework.

These articles define what what is an abortionit is specified that the person who aborts a woman will be punished by one to three years in prison regardless of the means used if she had the consent; In case you don’t have it, the prison It will be three to six years.

While article 332 indicates that the mother who seeks abort or that she consents to another having an abortion. Although article 334 specifies that abortion will not be punishable solely because of the woman’s imprudence, or when the pregnancy is the result of a violation.

It is within the framework of the International Women’s Day that MP for Morena stated that his proposal met the feminist strugglewhich, both in Mexico and abroad, seeks that women’s rights to decide is recognized by the institutions that dispense justice.

“It is necessary to emphasize that this day is a day of struggle because women continue to be denied the right to free development of personality. We have been a territory of conquest for centuries and therefore it is and must be a fundamental part of our agenda so that we can be fully autonomous and free“, said.

García Segura told the plenary session of the House of Representatives that the right of people to be treated with dignity must be protected and guaranteed and that they also enjoy the fundamental liberties.

The morenista also pointed out that in Mexico there are still women deprived of liberty and with current legal processes for crimes related to abortion such as spontaneous births, premature abortions or obstetrical emergencies.

He recalled that in September 2021, the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) advances the case by declaring unconstitutional the criminalization of abortionthat is, the right of women to decide about their bodies without involving the consequences of penal typedecision applicable to the whole country.

It was following the plenary session of the Supreme Court, then under the presidency of Minister Arturo Zaldívar, that declared the invalidity of Article 196 of the Penal Code of the State of Coahuila who proposed to imprison women who had abortions or who helped them to do so.

Marisol Gasé considered that this progress in the Supreme Court was “a watershedregarding the decriminalization of Termination of pregnancy.

“Considering that the criminalization of abortion is unconstitutional, therefore, said articles of the Federal Penal Code They have no logical or legal reason to remain in force,” the MP said.

Another important fact in this matter that was mentioned by the member for Morena was the decriminalization of abortion in the Mexico Citywhere you can legally access this procedure from the April 24, 2007.

He indicated that since the judgment of the Court, some States have modified their Penal Code and so far there are 11 entities in which abortion has been decriminalized, namely the state of Oaxaca, which did so in 2019, as well as Hidalgo, Veracruz, Coahuila, Colima, Sinaloa, Baja California, Colima, Guerrero and Baja Southern California.