for this single mother of three, feeding and educating her children alone and on a budget is enough of a struggle. so when she became pregnant a fourth time, she opted to abort. abortion was illegal in her home state, so it wasn t an easy decision, but not when she regrets. translation: it wasn t easy, at that time, there was no - legal protection for women, no places of an adequate health standard to attend such cases, and there is really a lot of social stigma. few know that stigma better than paulina ramirez, a taxi driver whose story once made national headlines. in 1999, age 13, she was raped and left pregnant by a man who broke into the family home. abortion is legal in mexico in cases of rape, but paolino abortion is legal in mexico