Legal abortions in Mexico City by procedure 2023

From April 2007 to March 2023, a total of 260,836 patients underwent legal abortions in Mexico City, out of which close to 207,000 were medical abortions (abortion by pill). Another 51,000 abortions were done through vacuum aspiration. The majority of these legal abortion patients resided in Mexico City.

Number of legal abortion patients in Mexico City from April 2007 to March 2023, by type of procedure

Characteristic	Number of patients
Medical abortion	206,612
Vacuum aspiration	51,183
Curettage	3,041

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Release date

April 2023

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Region

Mexico

Survey time period

April 2007 to March 2023

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preliminary data

Supplementary notes

In April 2007, Mexico City became the first jurisdiction in Mexico where abortion was decriminalized, followed by Oaxaca in 2019. However, this must be done within the first twelve weeks of pregnancy, otherwise it is considered a crime. Ten other states in Mexico have also adopted this legal framework.

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