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

In addition to abortion, in Nueva Leon there are other grounds for abortion to be legal

In the state there are five other situations, called grounds, that 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.

Eligibility criteria are specific situations in which the law allows individuals to request a safe abortion procedure, regardless of gestational age. In these cases, health care providers and their staff must support them in identifying and facilitating their care, without adding to the requirements set forth in the law or imposing obstacles or barriers to 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 woman’s or pregnant woman’s life is in danger

When the product of pregnancy has severe malformations

Non-consensual artificial insemination

Legal Interruption of Pregnancy (ILE)