If you were artificially inseminated
without consent

This ground refers to when the pregnancy is the result of a procedure not authorized by the woman. Although this is a rare ground and difficult to understand or imagine, it exists to protect the woman from rape and abuse against her. For example: If she is in a coma or unconscious and is the victim of this procedure.

This ground is directly linked to that of rape, so the legal interpretation and legal treatment for accessing the legal abortion procedure is very similar.

• Health institutions must ensure medical attention to the victims of this crime; provide them with security and assistance; stop the effects of the rape and, if the victim so chooses, prove the existence of the crime through criminal proceedings.

• Abortion for rape guarantees the right to health, to a free and conscious maternity and to reparation of the damage as a victim of a crime.

• NOM-046-SSA2-2005 guarantees medical care to rape victims and the General Law on Victims obliges the health sector to provide emergency medical services, such as: STI/HIV prevention, emergency contraception up to 120 hours after the event, and termination of pregnancy without any condition. They should assist you immediately and free of charge, and you do not need to have filed a complaint.

• It is important for you to know that in the case of a non-consensual artificial insemination, it is treated in the same way as in cases of rape.

• For the termination of a pregnancy due to rape, health services must provide you with: truthful, timely, objective and scientific information about the procedure, alternatives, risks or consequences, regardless of your age.