Thesis
Aspectos Legales y Éticos de la Interrupción del Embarazo en el Distrito Federal
Autor
LIC. ÁLVAREZ REYNOSO, ROCÍO
Institución
Resumen
Voluntary abortion, (women´s free willed decision to interrupt pregnancy), due to de
the moral, ethical and religious aspects involve in it, has always been a bioethical
dilemma. The arguments given by women involve, range from economical aspects to
arguments regarding lack of maturity and/or skills to give birth and raise a child, and
a broken project of life. As so, we face a bioethical dilemma that has opposite moral
judgments, (people in favor and others considering it as a murder) and is, per se, a
multifactorial problem when it comes out to discuss the meaning p sexual and
reproductive rights.
In 2007 Mexico´s City Penal and Health Laws were amended, allowing voluntary
abortion since the day of conception up 12 weeks of pregnancy. As a result of these
amendments, Mexico’s Federal Government promoted complain in the Supreme
Court of Justice regarding the illegal and anti constitutional basis of both reforms.
After a general debate in which the opinion of lawyers, bioethicist, scientists,
member of different government and non government associations and institutions,
women and political parties was Heard and taken into account; the Supreme Court of
Justice confirmed, in April 2008, the constitutional basis of the amendments in both
legislations. Since April 2007 and up to January 2011, 55175 legal abortions have
been made in Mexico City