He Congress of Aguascalientes approved various reforms to the Criminal Code of the state, including the one that reduces the time to carry out the abortionwhen it has not even been a year since the decriminalization interruption of pregnancy in the state.
With 19 votes in favor, six against and one abstention, the deputies of Aguascalientes approved reducing the limit for gestation weeks from 12 to six interrupt legally pregnancy.
The approved initiative indicates that: “When the abortion is performed by a doctor, surgeon or midwife, he/she will be sentenced to six months to one year in prison, a fine of 1,500 to two thousand days and full payment of compensation for the damages.” damages and losses caused“.
“On August 28, with the approval of this initiative, the human rights of women and pregnant people were violated, but the story does not end here,” the Gire group posted on its X account.
During the session of the local Congress, the deputy of Morena, Leslie Figueroa Trevino, He pointed out that this law is not inclusive, the language is not clear and precise, and the rights of people in the state are being violated by leaving aside the term “pregnant persons.”
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The discussion of the initiative presented by the National Action Party (PAN) took place amid protests outside the legislative building by activists who rejected the proposal, accusing it of violating women’s human rights.
The Morena member Gracia Alzada stated on her X account that “hToday is the Congress of Aguascalientes committed an outrage against our sexual and reproductive rights.”
In a statement, the organization Balance condemned the agreement. For its part, Fondo María, an organization that supports safe abortion, said that the reduction in the legal time for a woman to have an abortion contravenes both the recommendations of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) and the international standards of the WHO.
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2024-09-02 04:45:32