Lawmakers in Mexico's southern border state of Quintana Roo voted on Tuesday to decriminalize abortion, making it the 11th in a string of states to rewrite their laws after the ban was ruled unconstitutional in 2021.
Nineteen lawmakers voted in favor with three against, approving a change in the law that would decriminalize abortion for women up to 12 weeks pregnant and remove a requirement for rape victims to report their abuser to access the treatment.
"The green tide continues to advance in Latin America," said Planned Parenthood in a tweet, referencing a movement that has over recent years pushed to expand access to abortion across the largely Roman Catholic region.
