YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO AN ABORTION, AND THE LAW SUPPORTS YOU.

In addition to abortion, in Baja California there are other grounds for abortion to be legal.

The grounds are situations for which a safe and legal abortion procedure may be requested, other than free choice. In these cases, health services and medical personnel must support women or pregnant women in identifying and facilitating their care, without increasing the requirements indicated in the law.

Learn about the grounds for accessing a legal abortion that are in force in Baja California and the requirements for each one of them:

When abortion is the consequence of an unintentional act

When pregnancy is the result of rape

When health (physical, mental or social) is affected by pregnancy

When the product of pregnancy has severe malformations

Non-consensual artificial insemination

Legal Termination of Pregnancy
(ILE)

Abortion in Baja California is Legal.

In Baja California, 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.