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Support for Abortion Jumped in Mexico Last Year, Survey Finds

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Support for abortion rose sharply in Mexico in 2020, according to a poll published on Monday, January 11th, as attitudes towards the issue shift across Latin America.

In Mexico, a majority Roman Catholic nation, elective abortion is allowed only in the capital and the state of Oaxaca, but a growing pro-choice movement has been calling for a loosening of restrictions.

The poll, based on telephone interviews with 410 participants, asked if respondents agreed that “the law should permit a woman the right to abortion.”

Although Latin America has some of the world’s most restrictive . . .

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