Number of legal abortion patients in Mexico 2007-2023, by residence

As of March 2023, a total of 260,836 patients performed legal abortions in Mexico City, of which 179,224 were women who resided in the capital. Meanwhile, over 71,000 patients came from the neighboring state of Mexico. Mexico City was the first state in the country where women could have abortions legally within the first twelve weeks of pregnancy. An outlier in an ocean of dissonanceVarying from state to state, each region in Mexico is unique regarding abortion laws and enforcement. Apart from rape, which is unanimously recognized across all states, factors such as maternal fatality, health, and child defects are the only exceptions for abortions in most local municipalities' penal codes. In many conservative parts of the country, such as Nuevo León, 100 criminal investigations were prosecuted due to abortion in 2020. Given abortion policies' political polarization, public opinion often falls along the lines of 'pro-choice' versus 'pro-life' disputes. According to a 2019 poll, citizens in Zacatecas, Chiapas, and Tamaulipas overwhelmingly disfavored women's right to abortion by over 70 percent, while citizens in Mexico City and Baja California favored women's right to abortion by approximately 53 percent. A population at strife with abortion rights In 2008, the Mexican supreme court decriminalized abortion in Mexico City, which set-off a historical precedent for women's rights across the region. Overall, Mexico along with Uruguay, Argentina, Colombia, and Cuba are the only five countries in the region to have passed pro-abortion legislation. Yet, the subject across the region continues to be a divisive opinion. According to a 2021 survey, Argentina remains the most progressive population, with 44 percent believing abortion should be allowed according to the woman's determination. However, across the region, around 35 percent of Latin Americans believe that abortion should only be allowed under certain circumstances, such as rape. Alternatively, birth control measures have become increasingly popular in the region. As of 2019, people in Latin America and the Caribbean were the second largest population using contraception in the world.

截至2023年3月，墨西哥城共有260,836名患者进行了合法的人工流产，其中179,224名为居住在首都的女性。与此同时，超过71,000名患者来自邻近的墨西哥州。墨西哥城是该国首个允许女性在妊娠头十二周内合法进行人工流产的州。在这片分歧的海洋中，墨西哥各地区的堕胎法律及执行措施各不相同，具有鲜明的地域特色。除了强奸罪在所有州都得到一致认可外，在大多数地方市政条例中，母体死亡、健康问题和胎儿缺陷是堕胎的唯一例外。在诸如新莱昂等保守地区，2020年因堕胎而进行的刑事调查就有100起。鉴于堕胎政策的政治极化，公众舆论往往沿着“支持选择”与“支持生命”的争议线展开。根据2019年的一项民意调查，萨卡特卡斯州、奇阿帕斯州和塔毛利帕斯州的公民中有超过70%的人强烈反对女性堕胎权，而墨西哥城和下加利福尼亚州的公民中有大约53%的人支持女性的堕胎权。在堕胎权利问题上，墨西哥民众意见分歧严重。2008年，墨西哥最高法院在墨西哥城宣布堕胎合法化，为该地区女性的权利树立了历史先例。总体而言，墨西哥与乌拉圭、阿根廷、哥伦比亚和古巴是该地区唯一五个通过支持堕胎立法的国家。然而，在该地区，这一议题依旧引发了争议。根据2021年的一项调查，阿根廷民众最为开明，其中44%的人认为应根据女性的意愿允许堕胎。然而，在该地区，大约35%的拉丁美洲人认为只有在特定情况下，如强奸，才应允许堕胎。另一方面，避孕措施在该地区日益受到青睐。截至2019年，拉丁美洲和加勒比地区的居民成为世界上使用避孕措施的第二大人口群体。