MEXICO CITY, Sept 29 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Over 25,000 people participated in Mexico City’s March for Life last Sunday. Under the slogan “Viva la vida Mexico”, members of over 100 civic and religious organizations marched to the Legislative Assembly of Mexico City to request the repeal of a recently-approved bill that allows abortions under certain exceptions. Human Life International reports that His Eminence Norberto Cardinal Rivera, Archbishop of Mexico City, was present at the march and said that life must be defended from the moment of conception, and that there is no exception that could justify an abortion.
On Friday, August 18, a bill was passed allowing exceptions to the laws against abortion The exceptions allow for the health of the woman and fetal deformity. The Health Commission of the Mexico City Legislative Assembly later announced that at least 26 city public hospitals are ready to perform abortions. On Wednesday, September 27, the legislative members of the National Action Party (“Partido Acción Nacional/PAN”) and the Mexican Green Ecology Party (“Partido Verde Ecologista de Mexico/PVEM”) filed a claim in court asserting that the new law is unconstitutional.
The Pro-Life National Committee (“Comité Nacional Pro-Vida”) was one of the principal groups involved in the march. On the day that the legislative bill was approved, Jorge Serrano, President of the organization, was physically attacked by anti-life demonstrators while he criticized the bill. Pro-abortion demonstrators also burned pro-life signs.