Mexico: public opinion on abortion by state 2019

In a survey conducted in September 2019, around 53 percent of respondents in Mexico City agreed with the statement "The law must allow women the right to abortion". In Oaxaca, state which decriminalized abortion in 2019, only 27 percent of respondents were in favor of women's right to abortion. Mexico City, Oaxaca, Hidalgo, and Veracruz are the only jurisdictions in Mexico where abortion is decriminalized within the first twelve weeks of pregnancy.

Mexican states where public opinion is most in favor of women's right to abortion as of September 2019

Characteristic	Agree	Disagree
Mexico City	53%	44%
Baja California	51%	45%
State of Mexico	44%	51%
Morelos	43%	56%
Colima	39%	58%
Quintana Roo	37%	59%
Hidalgo	36%	60%
Aguascalientes	35%	60%
Sinaloa	35%	59%
Campeche	34%	63%
Guerrero	34%	62%
Baja California Sur	33%	63%
Tlaxcla	33%	63%
Average	32%	63%
Jalisco	32%	65%
Veracuz	32%	63%
Guanajuato	31%	64%
Chihuahua	30%	63%
Coahuila	30%	68%
Querétaro	29%	67%
Nayarit	29%	68%
San Luis Potosí	29%	68%
Puebla	27%	68%
Nuevo León	27%	69%
Sonora	27%	69%
Oaxaca	27%	66%
Tabasco	26%	71%
Durango	26%	68%
Yucatán	26%	68%
Michoacán	25%	70%
Tamaulipas	25%	70%
Chiapas	24%	73%
Zacatecas	23%	74%

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Release date

September 2019

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Region

Mexico

Survey time period

July 14 to September 2, 2019

Number of respondents

15,000 adults

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

The original question posed during the survey was: "¿Está de acuerdo o en desacuerdo con lo siguiente? La ley debe permitir a la mujer el derecho al aborto"
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The source does not provide information about missing percentage points to 100 percent.
The wording chosen for this statistic may slightly differ from the original.

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