Legal Abortion – Guerrero
In Guerrero, abortion is a legal health service. You have the right to safe abortion and the law protects you.
In the state of Guerrero it is possible to legally terminate a pregnancy by free decision of the pregnant person up to 12 completed weeks of gestation.
What is legal termination of pregnancy?
In Baja California Sur, 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.
Other states such as Mexico City, Oaxaca, Hidalgo, Veracruz, and recently, Baja California, Colima, Sinaloa, Guerrero and Quintana Roo have regulations that respect this right.
In addition to abortion, in Guerrero there are other situations or grounds for legal abortion.
Learn about all the grounds for abortion in the state and the requirements for accessing 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
Institutional refusal to legally terminate a pregnancy (ILE)
When the health (physical, mental or social) of the pregnant person is affected by the pregnancy
When the product of pregnancy has severe malformations
Non-consensual artificial insemination
Legal Interruption of Pregnancy (ILE)
Health personnel are not obliged to report or denounce 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 individuals in the exercise of their profession.
Abortion in Guerrero is legal.
In Guerrero, 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.
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