Mexico Decriminalizes Abortions, Why? The Right Thing to Do For A Modern Country
Mexico might not have jobs for everyone but they have the balls to do the right thing. People give up everything having been told of the stories of people that came with $50 dollars in their pockets but now they run a business.
What no one is told them is that this Aerica is no longer the America of the past. This is the American of a law breaker Presdient and ex president and a senate and a congress that follows them. Im sorry what di you say? Congress was elected. The is a guy from New York , he says and his name is Santos, Saints, he had lied about everything oarth and every
By Sarah Naffa
September 07, 2023
In the news today: Mexico decriminalizes abortion; uranium-based anti-tank rounds explained; and the Biden administration cancels oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic Refuge. Also, 4 Roman-era swords were discovered in a Dead Sea cave.
A woman holds a banner reading in Spanish, "Legal, safe, and free abortion" in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
WORLD NEWS
Mexico ends federal ban on abortion, leaving patchwork of state restrictions
A Mexican Supreme Court ruling that canceled federal criminal penalties for abortion continued a regional trend of widening access to the procedure. But it left in place a patchwork of varying state restrictions. Read more.
Why this matters:
The high court ordered Wednesday that abortion be removed from the federal penal code and will require the federal public health service and all federal health institutions to offer abortions on request. That will mean access for millions of Mexicans.
Abortions are not widely prosecuted as a crime, but many doctors refuse to provide them, citing the law. Some 20 Mexican states, however, still criminalize the procedure. Those laws were not affected by the Supreme Court ruling, but abortion rights advocates will likely ask state judges to follow its logic.
Across Latin America, countries have moved toward lifting abortion restrictions in recent years. The trend stands in sharp contrast to increasing restrictions on abortion in parts of the United States. Some American women were already seeking help from Mexican abortion rights activists to obtain pills used to end pregnancies.
A look at the uranium-based anti-tank rounds the US is sending to Ukraine
The U.S. on Wednesday announced it was sending depleted uranium anti-tank rounds to Ukraine, following Britain’s lead in sending the controversial munitions to help Kyiv push through Russian lines in its grueling counteroffensive. Read more.
Why this matters:
The armor-piercing rounds will be used to arm the 31 M1A1 Abrams tanks the U.S. plans to deliver to Ukraine in the fall. Such munitions were developed by the U.S. during the Cold War to destroy Soviet tanks, including the same T-72 tanks that Ukraine now faces.
Depleted uranium is a byproduct of the enrichment process needed to create nuclear weapons. The rounds retain some radioactive properties, but they can’t generate a nuclear reaction akin to a nuclear weapon, one expert said.
When Britain announced in March that it was sending Ukraine the depleted uranium rounds, Russia falsely claimed they have nuclear components and warned that their use would open the door to further escalation. In the past, Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested the war could escalate to nuclear weapons use.
Biden administration cancels remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic Refuge
Angering Republicans, the Biden administration canceled the seven remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday, overturning sales held in the Trump administration’s waning days. The administration proposed stronger protections against development on vast swaths of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Read more.
Why this matters:
The Interior Department’s move comes after the Biden administration disappointed environmental groups earlier this year by approving the Willow oil project in the petroleum reserve, a massive endeavor by ConocoPhillips Alaska that could produce up to 180,000 barrels of oil a day on Alaska’s North Slope. Some critics who said the approval of Willow flew in the face of Biden’s pledges to address climate change lauded Wednesday’s announcement. But they said more could be done.
Alaska’s Republican governor condemned Biden’s moves and threatened to sue. And at least one Democratic lawmaker said the decision could hurt Indigenous communities in an isolated region where oil development is an important economic driver.
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s 1.5-million-acre coastal plain, which lies along the Beaufort Sea on Alaska’s northeastern edge, is seen as sacred by the Indigenous Gwich’in because it is where caribou migrate and come to give birth.
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