In the state of Tabasco it is possible to legally terminate a pregnancy by free decision of the pregnant person up to 12 completed weeks of gestation.
Legal Interruption of Pregnancy (ILE)
Legal termination of pregnancy (LTP) is a human rights issue. It allows individuals to exercise their right to decide freely on the continuation of a pregnancy in the early stages of gestational age.
In Tabasco, the law allows for the legal termination of pregnancy by free choice and without the need for an explanation of the reasons for it, up to 12 completed weeks of gestation.
You can access ILE through the avenue of your choice or convenience:
As a right in Tabasco, abortion services must be provided like any other sexual and reproductive health service: in conditions of quality, safety and respect for girls, adolescents and people with the capacity to become pregnant, whether or not they are affiliated with the public health system, with guaranteed privacy and confidentiality.
In addition, in Tabasco there are three situations or grounds for legal abortion
In the state there are three other situations, called grounds, which allow people to request and access a safe abortion legally, without penalties and without abortion being considered a crime, regardless of the number of weeks of gestation.
Grounds are specific situations in which the law allows individuals to request a safe abortion procedure, regardless of gestational age. In these cases, health services and their personnel must support them in identifying and facilitating their care, without increasing the requirements indicated in the law or imposing obstacles or barriers to their access.
Learn about all the current grounds for abortion in the state of Tabasco and the requirements to access any of them:
When abortion is the consequence of an unintentional act
When pregnancy is the result of rape
When the pregnant person’s life is in danger
Legal Interruption of Pregnancy (ILE)
Health personnel are not obliged to report or denounce women or pregnant women who seek abortion services or who have attempted to terminate their own pregnancies. On the contrary, they are responsible for safeguarding, under standards of confidentiality, the information they receive about the health status of persons in the exercise of their profession.
Other states such as Mexico City, Oaxaca, Hidalgo, Veracruz, Baja California, Colima, Sinaloa, Guerrero, Baja California Sur, Quintana Roo, Aguascalientes, Puebla, Jalisco, Michoacán, San Luis Potosí, Chiapas, Zacatecas, Estado de México, Nayarit, Campeche and Yucatán, as well as Tabasco, have regulations that respect this right.
Abortion in Colima is Legal.
In Colima, abortion is a legal health service. You have the right to safe abortion and the law protects you. Local legislation guarantees the right to have an abortion at the free choice of the woman or pregnant woman during the first 12 weeks of gestation.