Proposed Law in Mexico Would Send Doctors Who Don't Suggest Abortion to Jail

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Doctors who fail to inform their pregnant patients that they have the legal right to have an abortion -- or who refuse to refer women to doctors who perform abortions -- could be thrown into the slammer for up to four years, if the dominant political party in Mexico City's legislature has its way.

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[shoujokakumei]

A law that would give women more information with which to exercise their rights to control their own bodies?

It's not hard to know there's gonna be a shitload of resistance to that.

[diggin4basura]

I doubt it'll pass

[sunshineclouds]

Oh Mexico City! It can be really progressive and a huge mess at the same time, it's fascinating.

[erunamiryene]

At first I thought the title was ACTUALLY SOMEONE TRYING TO FORCE WOMEN TO GET ABORTIONS, and was like, "Look, I know that 'use their own tactics against them' works sometimes, but, erm, this is not one of those cases."

Doctors who fail to inform their pregnant patients that they have the legal right to have an abortion -- or who refuse to refer women to doctors who perform abortions -- could be thrown into jail for up to four years, if the dominant political party in Mexico City's legislature has its way.

FUCK YES.

[reticent_lass]

Yeah, the title is awful, but the bill rocks.

[eveofrevolution]

[dragonhawker]

I agree. I think that doctors who fail in this arena should lose their jobs, because they fail as doctors, the same way I think that pharmacists who refuse to fill birth control prescriptions should lose THEIR jobs. But prison terms? Perhaps not.