Mexico: State Amends Constitution to Protect Life

MEXICO CITY – The Guanajuato State Legislature in Mexico approved a measure last week amending the state’s constitution to protect human life from abortion and euthanasia, the CNA reported on May 11. The Guanajuato State Legislature in Mexico approved a measure last week amending the state’s constitution to protect human life from abortion and euthanasia. The new article also prohibits “every form of discrimination that attacks human dignity or the rights and freedoms of the person on the basis of ethnic origin, nationality, gender, age, physical capacities, social condition, state of health, religion, personal opinions, preferences, civil status or any other circumstance, quality or condition.”