Mexico decriminalized abortion just before the United States went the opposite way and ended almost 50 years of federal abortion rights. Ever since, activists have been helping people on the U.S. side get abortion pills to those in need via cross-border underground networks.
Mexico's Supreme Court ruled to decriminalize abortion nationwide by striking down the country's penal code, giving authorities power to allow the procedure on a state-by-state basis.
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DALLAS A virtual web of reproductive health groups is openly helping Texans circumvent legal and logistical barriers set in place by strict anti-abortion laws, including those that ban shipping abortion medications by mail.