In a devastating loss for the people of Mexico this week, the Mexico Supreme Court upheld a Mexico City law which allows abortion-on-demand in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
AUL filed the leading American pro-life amicus brief in this case, and I posted a blog entry about the case in June (you can read that entry and details about the case at http://blog.aul.org/2008/06/05/the-battlefield-broadens-the-mexican-roe-v-wade/ ).
As I reported then, the case had been labeled Mexico’s “Roe v. Wade.” And unfortunately, Mexico’s Supreme Court took a terrible turn, just like ours did 35 years ago. While initial reports were contradictory—as the Supreme Court in Mexico doesn’t exactly do things in a way we are accustomed to—the AP later reported that 8 of the 11 judges had ruled to uphold abortion-on-demand in Mexico City.
This is a major loss for the people of Latin America.
Obviously, it is a loss for the unborn. Between the passage of the law in April 2007 and June 2008, at least 6,400 abortions were performed. One source states that, to date, 12,000 abortions have been performed. 12,000 lives brutally taken. While after 35 years the United States is finally seeing a downturn in the number of abortions performed each year, the number in Mexico is expected to rise. But the Supreme Court of Mexico ignored what its ruling would do to the children of Mexico.
It is also a loss of women. During April 2007 to June 2008, at least 22 women were injured, and at least 8 women died of complications from abortion—one of them a teenager. This number, too, is expected to rise. In fact, detailed medical studies, as revealed in AUL’s amicus brief, demonstrate that abortion causes devastating short- and long-term affects on the health of women. For example, even abortion proponents acknowledge that abortion can cause infection and perforations to the uterus. But the Supreme Court ignored the detrimental effects to the health and wellbeing of women.
It is a loss for the Mexican people. The Constitution of Mexico clearly states that human life must be defended “from conception until its natural end.” So, in a quest to impose abortion-on-demand on a reluctant nation, the Supreme Court even ignored the Mexico Constitution itself.
Finally, it is a loss for every nation in Latin America. Groups like the Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood have been pushing for abortion-on-demand in these nations for the last several years. Now they have a win. And they smell blood. They will not stop with abortion-on-demand in Mexico during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. They want more. They want abortion-on-demand in every nation, during all nine months of pregnancy. Their agenda is clear from what has happened in the United States over the last 35 years – clearly that was just a trial run for what awaits Latin America. And again, the Mexico Supreme Court ignored this fact as well.
We had hoped that the Supreme Court in Mexico would learn from the mistakes made in the United States. Apparently it only hopes to exacerbate them—worldwide.
