Mexico's Oaxaca state legalizes abortion in historic move for Catholic nation

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Mexico's Oaxaca state legalizes abortion in historic move for Catholic nation
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The Mexican state of Oaxaca on Wednesday approved a bill to legalize abortion, m...

A pro-choice demonstrator rises her fist during a session of the local congress as lawmakers are due to vote on legislation that would decriminalize abortion in Oaxaca, Mexico September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Plata

Amid raucous shouts of protest from opponents, the local Congress voted by 24 lawmakers in favor to 10 against to allow abortions during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy in Oaxaca, a southern state that has long been among Mexico’s poorest.

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