Legal Abortion – Jalisco
In Jalisco, abortion is a legal health service. You have the right to a safe abortion, and the law protects you.
In the state of Jalisco, it is legal to terminate a pregnancy at the pregnant person’s own discretion up to 12 full weeks of gestation.
Legal Interruption of Pregnancy (ILE)
In Chiapas, access to health services for the termination of pregnancy during the first 12 weeks of gestation, regardless of the reason for the termination, is legal. This is known as legal termination of pregnancy (ILE).
Abortion is a right and is performed by the free decision of the woman or pregnant woman. It is not necessary to provide an explanation of the reasons for the abortion within the first 12 weeks of gestation.
You can access the ILE through the pathway of your choice:
Since abortion is a right in Jalisco, abortion services must be provided just like any other sexual and reproductive health service: under conditions that ensure quality, safety, and respect for girls, adolescents, and people capable of becoming pregnant—whether or not they are enrolled in the public health system—with privacy and confidentiality guaranteed.
In addition to medical abortion, there are other grounds under which abortion is legal in Jalisco
In this state, there are seven other circumstances—known as grounds—that allow people to request and obtain a safe abortion legally, without penalties and without the abortion being considered a crime, regardless of the number of weeks of pregnancy.
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 obtaining an abortion in the state of Jalisco and the requirements for qualifying under each one:
When abortion is the consequence of an unintentional act
When pregnancy is the result of rape
When the woman’s or pregnant woman’s life is in danger
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)
Abortion is legal in Jalisco.
In Chiapas, 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.