Political party in Mexico airs pro-abortion campaign ads, says Church should keep its nose out of politics
With national elections for Mexico's 500-member federal Chamber of Deputies less than a month away, a small left-wing political party has begun airing television ads in Tijuana and elsewhere in Baja California emphasizing one of its major campaign planks – legalized abortion.
Mexicans will go to the polls on July 5 to elect members to three-year terms in the Chamber of Deputies, which is similar to the U.S. House of Representatives. Under Mexican election law, 300 of the deputies are elected based on receiving the most votes in their districts, but another 200 are apportioned to the various political parties based on the percentage of the vote the party receives in an election.
In Baja California, the pro-abortion Social Democratic Party has fielded eight candidates. Its principal campaign ad, being aired on major television stations, features a middle-aged woman who shifts her gaze between swimming spermatozoa on her left and a developing ovum on her right. "He obtains his degree," she says, glancing at the spermatozoa. "Her, no," she says, looking at the developing fertilized egg. "He finds work. She loses hers. He will not be responsible. She will lose her life to a clandestine abortion. Every three days, a woman loses her life to a clandestine abortion. Legalizing abortion does no harm. Let the woman decide!"
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