In mexico, veronica is seeing that she really has to fight another fight first before she can even get to legalization. She sees it as winning over hearts and minds, right? And she puts that approach into action in the year two thousand which is when mexico elects a conservative president. The government actracts and vetoes the bill. So she actually helps block this law from ever going into place. But almost immediately it becomes clear how powerful the cul ral resistance in guana juato can actually be at a practical level. Even though it's now legal to provide an abortion like this,. veronica is finding that the vast majority of doctors in the state are
When the Supreme Court decriminalized abortion with Roe v. Wade, it established the United States as a global leader on abortion rights, decades ahead of many other countries.
Now, with Roe likely to be overturned, we look to Mexico, a country where the playbook for securing legalized abortion could be a model for activists in the United States.
Guest: Natalie Kitroeff, a correspondent covering Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean for The New York Times.
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