Criminal cases due to abortion by state Mexico 2020

From January to December 2020, a total of 633 criminal investigations were brought due to abortion in Mexico. The state of Mexico registered the highest number of criminal cases, with 145. Mexico City, where abortion is decriminalized if it's carried out within the first twelve weeks of pregnancy, reported 79 criminal investigations. In Oaxaca, the second federal entity to have decriminalized abortion after Mexico City, nine abortion cases were brought.

Number of crime investigations due to abortion in Mexico in 2020, by state

Characteristic	Number of cases
State of Mexico	145
Nuevo León	100
Mexico City	79
Baja California	39
Tamaulipas	34
Guanajuato	31
Querétaro	28
Hidalgo	23
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave	22
Morelos	13
Jalisco	13
Quintana Roo	12
Michoacán de Ocampo	11
Baja California Sur	10
Chiapas	10
Oaxaca	9
Chihuahua	9
San Luis Potosí	9
Puebla	6
Sonora	5
Aguascalientes	5
Guerrero	4
Colima	4
Sinaloa	4
Zacatecas	3
Coahuila de Zaragoza	2
Tabasco	2
Nayarit	1
Campeche	0
Yucatán	0
Durango	0
Tlaxcala	0

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March 2021

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Mexico

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

* Mexico City, Oaxaca, Hidalgo, and most recently Veracruz are the only jurisdictions in Mexico where abortion is decriminalized within the first twelve weeks of pregnancy, otherwise it is considered a crime and criminal proceedings can be brought.
Figures were calculated by Statista based on the source's data.

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