Public Opinion on Abortion in Eight Mexican States amid Opposition to Legalization

In opposition to Mexico City's legalization of first-trimester abortion, 17 Mexican states (53 percent) have introduced initiatives or reforms to ban abortion entirely, and other states have similar legislation pending. We conducted an opinion survey in eight states— four where constitutional a...

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Published in:Studies in family planning 2011-09, Vol.42 (3), p.191-198
Main Authors: Rodríguez, Jorge Valencia, Wilson, Kate S., Olavarrieta, Claudia Díaz, García, Sandra G., Sánchez Fuentes, Maria Luisa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abortion
Abortion Legalization in Mexico City
Abortion, Legal - legislation & jurisprudence
Abortion, Legal - psychology
Access to Information
Constitutional Amendments
Decriminalization
Dissent and Disputes
Election laws
Family Planning Policy - legislation & jurisprudence
Family Planning Services - organization & administration
Female
Government initiatives
Health services
Health Surveys
Humans
Law
Law reform
Legal abortion
Legalization
Legitimacy
Male
Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico
Policy Making
Political identity
Political opposition
Political parties
Politics
Pregnancy
Public Opinion
Rape
Reform
Regression analysis
Religion and Medicine
Risk
Social factors
Social Stigma
Socioeconomic Factors
Women's health
Women's Health - legislation & jurisprudence
Womens health
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Summary:In opposition to Mexico City's legalization of first-trimester abortion, 17 Mexican states (53 percent) have introduced initiatives or reforms to ban abortion entirely, and other states have similar legislation pending. We conducted an opinion survey in eight states— four where constitutional amendments have already been approved and four with pending amendments. Using logistic regression analyses, we found that higher education, political party affiliation, and awareness of reforms/initiatives were significantly associated with support for the Mexico City law. Legal abortion was supported by a large proportion of respondents in cases of rape (45—70 percent), risk to a woman's life (55—71 percent), and risk to a woman's health (48—68 percent). A larger percentage of respondents favored the Mexico City law, which limits elective legal abortion to the first 12 weeks of gestation (32—54 percent), than elective abortion without regard to gestational limit (14—31 percent).
ISSN:0039-3665
1728-4465
DOI:10.1111/j.1728-4465.2011.00281.x