Top Mexico rights official challenges abortion law

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Source: Reuters

Top Mexico rights official challenges abortion law
25 May 2007 21:05:42 GMT
Source: Reuters

MEXICO CITY, May 25 (Reuters) - Mexico's national human rights
ombudsman is trying to overturn an abortion law heavily criticized
by the Roman Catholic Church, the Supreme Court said on Friday.

Last month, Mexico City's parliamentary body legalized abortion in
the capital during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, sparking
protests both for and against the legislation.

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The Supreme Court said Jose Luis Soberanes, the country's top
rights official, had presented a motion on Thursday arguing the
law was unconstitutional.

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The court said it would decide in the next few weeks whether to
accept the motion and open a debate.

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[Eugene]

1. Mexican attorney general challenges abortion law

Source: Reuters

Mexican attorney general challenges abortion law
26 May 2007 04:02:13 GMT
Source: Reuters

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MEXICO CITY, May 25 (Reuters) - The Mexican government joined the country's
top human rights official on Friday in trying to overturn in the Supreme Court
an abortion law heavily criticized by the Roman Catholic Church.

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The government-appointed attorney general Eduardo Medina Mora said in a
statement on Friday that the previous rulings by the Supreme Court showed the
law was unconstitutional.

The country's top rights official, Jose Luis Soberanes, also presented a motion
in the Supreme Court arguing the law was unconstitutional.

The motions were celebrated by the conservative ruling National Action Party of
President Felipe Calderon. The leftist party that passed the law in Mexico city
called for Soberanes' resignation.

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