Catholics protest in Mexico City Sept. 7, 2021, after the Mexican Supreme Court's decision that declared the criminalization of abortion is unconstitutional. Photo: CNS In response to recent rulings by the nation’s Supreme Court decriminalising abortion, the bishops of Mexico have called on the Faithful and people of good will throughout the country to join a march “for women and for life” to be held October 3 in Mexico City.
In a September 13 statement, the Mexican bishops’ conference encouraged the Faithful to invite people to the march “at Sunday Masses and by other means deemed appropriate,” so that “as many people as possible” attend.
On September 7, the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation invalidated several articles that protected life from conception in the penal code of the state of Coahuila.
Two days later, the court ruled parts of the Sinaloa state constitution protecting life from conception to be unconstitutional. The rulings are expected to have wide-ranging effects throughout Mexico.