Mexico City to vote on abortion (BBC)

Mexico City's legislative assembly is to vote on whether to legalise abortion in the city, the capital of the world's second-largest Roman Catholic country.

If passed as expected, abortions would be limited to pregnancies in the first trimester, only in Mexico City.

Mexico City currently allows abortion in cases of rape, if the woman's life is at risk or if there are signs of severe defects in the foetus.

Catholic bishops in Mexico have spoken out against the proposed law.
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{leftist PRD mayor, Marcelo Ebrard} has ordered riot police to deploy around the assembly's buildings after abortion opponents promised big protests if the law is passed.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6586959.stm

Roman Catholic country? I didn't know that. I thought the majority of the population was Roman Catholic, but that's not the same as the country being OFFICIALLY Roman Catholic.

In the 1917 Mexican Constitution, the Catholic Church was subjected to stringent limitations. The laws have not always been enforced, but this is a far cry from being a "Roman Catholic country".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_Mexico