MEXICO-ABORTION-UPR-CYCLE4

Incoming recommendations: (Link)

• 29.184 Harmonize all criminal codes in the country with the AI 148/2017 ruling of the Supreme Court of Justice, and ensure that reproductive health services in the national system are provided in a manner consistent with Mexico’s Technical Guidelines for Safe Abortion Care and World Health Organization recommendations (Canada) [SUPPORTED]
• 29.188 Accelerate the complete harmonization of the national and the federal legal frameworks with the decisions of the Supreme Court on abortion, including by decriminalizing voluntary abortion in the remaining 20 states (Belgium) [SUPPORTED]
• 29.189.1 Harmonize legislation at the federal and state levels to fully decriminalize abortion up to 12 weeks (Luxembourg) [SUPPORTED]
• 29.189.2 Harmonize national and state-level legislation and policies to guarantee access to safe and legal abortion (Estonia) [SUPPORTED]
• 29.189.3 Harmonize legislation in line with the Supreme Court’s ruling across all states to ensure that everyone can access safe and legal abortion, regardless of place of residence (Denmark) [SUPPORTED]
• 29.190 Support federal states to guarantee effective access to abortion (France) [SUPPORTED]
• 29.191 Continue to secure access to safe abortion for all women by removing the crime of abortion from the federal and state penal codes, in line with the decision of the Supreme Court (Norway) [SUPPORTED]

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Outgoing recommendations:

• Decriminalize the voluntary termination of pregnancy (to Bahamas)
• Accelerate the preparation of the decree implementing Act No. 2021- 12 on sexual and reproductive health, which expands the conditions for access to abortion (to Benin)
• Adopt measures to guarantee access to information on sexual and reproductive health services, including termination of pregnancy, particularly in rural areas and among people in vulnerable situations (to Chile)
• Implement fully the “Causa Justa” or C-055/2022 ruling, particularly so that Indigenous and Afro-Colombian women and girls and women and girls living in poverty can access abortion as a health service (to Colombia)
• Legalize abortion in cases of rape, incest, threat to the life or health of the pregnant woman or serious malformation of the fetus and decriminalize it in all cases (to Ecuador)
• Decriminalize abortion, particularly in spontaneous cases and obstetric emergencies, and provide comprehensive aftercare to women, without discrimination or prosecution (to El Salvador)
• Review its legislation in order to ensure gender equality, repeal articles 212 to 214 of the Penal Code and amend article 14 of the Maternal Protection Act to decriminalize abortion and include it as a matter of universal health care, also removing the requirement for spousal consent (to Japan)
• Reform the Penal Code to criminalize marital rape and decriminalize abortion, particularly in cases of rape and incest (to Jordan)
• Decriminalize abortion and develop a sexual and reproductive health policy for adolescents (to Malta)
• Repeal article 235 of the Penal Code to decriminalize abortion (to Mauritius)
• Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, develop protocols to combat sexual violence and promote progress in the sexual and reproductive rights of women and girls, including the possibility of decriminalizing abortion in cases of rape, incest, severe foetal malformation, or threats to the life and/or health of the mother (to Nicaragua)
• Decriminalize the voluntary interruption of pregnancy and implement educational programmes on sexual and reproductive health for the entire population (to Nigeria)
• Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, guarantee access to modern contraceptive methods and decriminalize abortion (to Pakistan)
• Legalize the voluntary interruption of pregnancy in cases of incest and serious malformation of the fetus and guarantee access to sexual and reproductive health services for all women (to Poland)
• Adopt a comprehensive national strategy on sexual and reproductive health, which includes, among other issues, comprehensive sexuality education, access to safe abortion and access to contraception (to Romania)
• Decriminalize the voluntary termination of pregnancy and promote education programmes on sexual and reproductive health for the entire population (to Tuvalu)
• Guarantee safe, legal and effective access for women and girls, under equal conditions and regardless of their migration status, to voluntary interruption of pregnancy throughout the country (to Uruguay)

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