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Article: Abortion debate divides Mexico: This month, the state where President-elect Vicente Fox was governor outlawed abortion - even after rape.(World)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- August 14, 2000
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Abortion has been a simmering issue in Mexico ever since a quest for broader women's rights began butting up against a traditionally male-dominated society.
But earlier this year when a 14-year-old rape victim, Paulina del Carmen, was denied the abortion she thought she had a right to in Mexicali, she - and then her son - put human faces on the theme. The simmer heated up to a boil.
People were already questioning the direction Mexican society would take following the July 2 election of social conservative Vicente Fox. Now, abortion has emerged as a surprise summer litmus test of where the new government stands on women's rights.
With the ...