Mexico City legalizes abortion
China Daily | Updated: 2007-04-26 07:09
Mexico's capital legalized abortion on Tuesday, defying the church but delighting feminists in the world's second-largest Roman Catholic country.
Mexico City lawmakers voted 46 to 19 to pass a leftist-sponsored bill allowing women to abort in the first three months of pregnancy.
The vote split Mexico and prompted a letter last week from Pope Benedict urging Mexican bishops to oppose abortion.
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