Mexico's top court on Thursday upheld a law which allows first trimester abortions in the country's capital, with the support of eight out of 11 judges.
Eight out of 11 judges voted to uphold the abortion law, which allows for termination of pregnancy during the first trimester in Mexico's top court.
Bells rang out from the capital's main cathedral and other churches in the city to signal a rejection of the verdict -- which opens the possibility of similar measures elsewhere in Mexico -- and a handful of youths protested outside the courtroom.
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After three days of debating the issue, a majority of judges rejected their claim that the law -- introduced last April by the capital's left-wing government -- was unconstitutional.
"In all nations that have discussed abortion in constitutional courts there is a before and an afterwards," said Guillermo Ortiz Mayagoitia, president of the court.
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Eight votes out of the 11 Supreme Court judges would have been necessary to abolish the law.
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A Roman Catholic bishop has blamed Britain's abortion laws, and claimed casual recourse to abortion had cheapened the value of human life in the eyes of the public over the last four decades.
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Between 1990 and 2005, an average of 13 women died per year due to clandestine abortions in Mexico City, according to pro-abortion groups. The ultra-conservative Provida organization said eight women had died per year.
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Court in S Korea Allows Parents to Know Baby's Sex
South Korea's top court ruled Thursday that parents have the right to know the sex of their unborn babies, sparking concerns the decision might result in more sex-selection abortions.
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In the rest of Mexico, states allow abortions only under limited circumstances, such as rape and incest, but rights groups say that in practice such abortions are difficult to obtain.
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