Though the exact circumstances under which the court’s ruling in Mexico was to be applied were not yet clear by Tuesday evening, media outlets and pro-choice advocates in the U.S. began suggesting it could provide another option for women in Texas who want abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. Texas women were already seeking abortions out of state in the days after Texas’ new law went into effect, with some clinics in nearby states like Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma already reporting an uptick in queries from Texas-based patients last week, according to the AP.
Articles published by the AP and Reuters about the Tuesday ruling by Mexico’s Supreme Court suggested Texas women who cannot get legal abortions under their state’s new law may start seeking abortions in Mexico in greater numbers.
Paula Avila-Guillen, the executive director of Women’s Equality Center, also questioned the potential implications the decision could have for women in the U.S. In a Tuesday statement, Avila-Guillen said Mexico’s Supreme Court ruling “begs the question: could the safest way for Texas women to have access to a safe, legal abortion soon be to make their way to Mexico?”
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