MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Lawmakers in Mexico's southwestern state of Guerrero voted on Tuesday to allow abortions, making it the ninth of the country's 32 federal entities where women can legally end pregnancies amid a recent wave of loosening restrictions around the procedure.
The approved measure, which strips punishment of one to three years of jail time from the penal code, passed with 30 votes in favor and 13 against.
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