Wednesday, April 25, 2007

We move backwards, they move forward

From Slate.com

The LAT fronts, and everyone mentions, news that the Mexico City legislature voted yesterday to legalize abortion during the first 12 weeks of a pregnancy. So far, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Guyana are the only places in Latin America where women can have an abortion on demand. Although the law is likely to face challenge before the Supreme Court, some expressed hope that this could signal a turning point for many countries in the region where illegal and often unsafe abortions are regularly practiced.

Meanwhile in the US, women are clutching the last vestiges of choice like a life jacket on a sinking ship.

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