Article: Proposed law to legalize abortion roils Mexico City: With passage likely, some see morality's end, others new choices.

Byline: Laurence Iliff

Mar. 29--MEXICO CITY -- Wealthy Mexicans have long gone to Dallas or Houston for medical procedures not available at home -- including abortions.

Now, this increasingly liberal capital is likely to legalize the controversial procedure next month, allowing anyone with a bus ticket and a few hundred dollars to end a pregnancy.

The proposed law, supported by a large majority in the Mexico City legislative assembly, would allow women to have an abortion up to 12 weeks into their pregnancy if having the child "would negatively affect their life project."

Currently, Mexican states allow abortion only under ...

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