Abortion foes tell Mexico's Supreme Court the federal constitution grants nationality to the human embryo, giving it protection under the law
The third hearing before the Mexican Supreme Court over the constitutionality of a law adopted in the Federal District that legalizes unrestricted abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy was held on May 23. The participants included 15 legislators and leaders of civic organizations opposed to abortion.
The justices, who are considering a challenge to the law lodged by the federal Human Rights Commission and the country's attorney general, heard a new argument in favor of constitutional protection for the human embryo: Provisions in the federal constitution approved in March 1997 provide Mexican nationality "to the newborn and the conceived person." "In an explicit, direct, clear and undisputable way, this constitutional reform recognized the conceived person to be the subject of rights, therefore, constitutionally, the embryo is a person," attorney Jaime Inchaurrandieta told the court.
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