| Causes | Mexican Republic (32 States) |
|---|---|
| Without restriction | |
| Totally prohibited | |
| To save the life of the woman (Indicator of Gire: in the event of risk of death) (Total: 29 States) |
Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Coahuila, Colima, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Distrito Federal*, Durango, Hidalgo*, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatán y Zacatecas |
| To preserve the physical or mental health of the woman (serious attacks of health) (Total: 10 States) | Baja California Sur, Distrito Federal , Hidalgo , Jalisco , Michoacán, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala y Zacatecas |
| In case of rape ** | In all the States; 32 on the whole. (Baja California, Coahuila, Colima, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Quintaba Roo y Veracruz)*** |
| In case of malformations of fetus (genetic or congenital) (Total: 13 States) |
Baja California Sur, Coahuila, Colima, Chiapas, Distrito Federal , Guerrero, México , Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Veracruz y Yucatán |
| For socio-economic reasons | Yucatán |
| In case of artificial insemination without
the woman’ s consent (Total: 11 States) |
Baja California, Baja California Sur, Colima , Chihuahua, Distrito Federal, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Morelos, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco y Veracruz |
| Another indicator: by imprudent or involuntary (Total:29 States) |
Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Coahuila, Colima, Chihuahua, Distrito Federal, Durango, Gunajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, San Luís Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatán y Zacatecas |
Source: Worked out from Salas Villagómez (1998), Lerner and Salas (1996) and GIRE (2006).
* Although it is not explicitly mentioned in the Penal code of the State, this reason is included in “the serious attacks of health”.
** In Mexico, although the law does not mention it, the offense of incest on a minor woman (of age lower than 18 years), is compared to that of the rape, and consequently the abortion is also authorized in this case.
*** In these States, the law stipulates a term of pregnancy to practice abortion: between 75 days and three months starting from the rape or beginning of the pregnancy. See GIRE (2005, and 2006).
The States of San Luís Potosí, Morelos, and the Federal District of Mexico City modified their legislation in 2000; the State of Veracruz modified it in 2003 and it came into effect in 2004; and that of Baja California Sur modified it in March 2005 and it came into effect in September of the same year.