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July 21, 2021

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