A Decline in Catholic Church Influence in Mexico

“A recurring episode in Mexican history has been a periodic reappraisal of the Roman Catholic Church’s role in society, which has usually resulted in a lessening of its power. Such a moment has again arrived, with the catalyst being the proposed decriminalization of abortion in Mexico City, the nation’s capital.

Although laws vary from state to state, abortion is almost universally illegal except in special circumstances, such as rape or when the mother’s life is in danger. A proposal before the Mexico City legislature would allow births to be terminated virtually for any reason at all in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. With the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution PRD firmly in control of the legislature, the law seems certain to pass. “

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