Mexico is one step closer to approving legislation that if enacted would give legal protection to doctors who object to performing abortions on the basis of conscience.
The Central American country’s Senate approved the measure last week, with the proposed legislation passing in a vote of 53-15, with one member abstaining.
“… professionals, technicians, aides, social service providers that are part of the National Healthcare System shall be able to invoke the right of conscientious objection and excuse themselves from participating and/or cooperating in all those programs, activities, practices, treatments, methods or research that contravenes their freedom of conscience based on their values or ethical principles,” reads the measure, as quoted by Catholic News Service.
The measure does have an exemption to this conscience protection, noting that the protections do not apply “when the life of the patient is put at risk or it is a medical emergency.”
Chamber of Deputies member Norma Edith Martínez Guzmán introduced the bill, with the lower house of the national legislature passing it last October. In a statement posted to Facebook last Friday, Guzmán celebrated the Senate vote as a victory for “the defense of life.”
“[The bill] has been approved in the Senate yesterday without any change, and this has concluded its process; and the right of all health professionals to act in accordance with their convictions has been protected,” stated Guzmán, according to Facebook’s English translation.
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Source: Christian Post
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