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Veracruz Becomes Latest Mexican State to Decriminalize Abortion Before 12 Weeks of Pregnancy

HeadlineJul 21, 2021

The Mexican state of Veracruz voted to decriminalize abortion, joining just three other localities that also allow the procedure up to 12 weeks of pregnancy: Mexico City, Oaxaca and Hidalgo. Veracruz feminist collective Las Brujas del Mar celebrated the news, adding, “Let’s go after the 28 states that are left.”

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