We carried out technical and legal work with local organizations and decision-makers, and continued our national strategy to challenge the laws that criminalize voluntary abortion. These actions were part of the sustained effort that allowed us to expand reproductive rights in various states of the country.
The Congress of the state of Nayarit approved the decriminalization of abortion during the first 12 weeks of gestation, thereby complying with the ruling of the Second Collegiate Tribunal of the Twenty-Fourth Circuit on Legal Stay on Review 1447/2023, which we filed together with Aquelarre Púrpura and REDefine Nayarit.
The Congress of the state of Campeche decriminalized abortion during the first 12 weeks of gestation. This initiative was presented by the state’s Human Rights Commission, drawing on the arguments of Unconstitutionality Action 148/2017 of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN). This achievement is the result of a long-term effort by local organizations, collectives, and activists.
The Congress of the state of Tabasco approved the decriminalization of abortion during the first 12 weeks of gestation, in compliance with Amparo 153/2023, resolved by the Collegiate Tribunal in Criminal Matters of the Tenth Circuit, which ordered the repeal of the articles that absolutely prohibited it.
The Second Collegiate Tribunal of the Twenty-Fifth Circuit resolved Legal Stay 116/2023, which we filed with the organization Sí Hay Mujeres in Durango (Yes, There Are Women in Durango, in English). The judicial ruling declared the unconstitutionality of articles 148, 149, 150, and section III of the Criminal Code of Durango, finding that they violate the rights of women and people with gestational capacity by preventing them from deciding about their bodies and accessing health services. Accordingly, the Tribunal ordered the local Congress to repeal those provisions.
The Collegiate Tribunal in Criminal and Administrative Matters of the Twenty-Second Circuit in the state of Querétaro resolved Legal Stay on Review 71/2023 in our favor. The ruling ordered that women and pregnant persons seeking access an abortion and accompanied by GIRE not be criminalized.
The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) resolved Legal Stay on Review 525/2024 in our favor, arising from the legal stay we filed against the Criminal Code of Guanajuato, benefiting women and people with gestational capacity who are accompanied by GIRE. Based on this ruling, on December 16, 2025, the President of the Supreme Court initiated the process of General Declaration of Unconstitutionality 16/2025 and notified the state Congress to modify the norms declared unconstitutional within 90 calendar days. If it fails to do so, the corresponding declaration will be issued, which would imply the decriminalization of abortion in the state.
The First Collegiate Tribunal of the Twenty-Eighth Circuit in Tlaxcala resolved the legal stay filed against various provisions of the local criminal code, declaring their unconstitutionality. The judicial ruling allows persons accompanied by GIRE to access voluntary abortion services in the state without being criminalized.
The National Supreme Court of Justice resolved the Unconstitutionality Action 89/2024, filed by the Executive Legal Council, whereby it declared unconstitutional the crimes of voluntary and consented abortion in the Criminal Code of Tlaxcala and various provisions of the local Health Law that imposed obstacles to accessing the health service.
In Veracruz, at the request of the Presiding Board of the LXVII Legislature, we provided support to health authorities, legislative officials, and staff of the State Human Rights Commission in drafting an initiative for a comprehensive reform in sexual and reproductive health under the local Health Law.
In Guanajuato, we participated in the various working groups convened by reviewing committees that were analyzing the initiatives proposing the decriminalization of abortion in the state.
In Queretaro and Tamaulipas, we provided information to legislators who would eventually propose initiatives to decriminalize abortion; and in Morelos, we supported and assisted the opinion process in the Constitutional Points Committee, through which they advanced in fulfilling the legal stay filed by GIRE.
In Durango, we provided data and information on the criminalization of abortion to the Presiding Board of the State Congress, with the aim of providing the necessary elements for compliance with the legal stay obtained by GIRE and Sí Hay Mujeres in Durango, which orders the decriminalization of abortion.
We joined the invitation from the Gender Equality Commission of the Senate of the Republic to build a legislative agenda in favor of the rights of women, girls, adolescents, and people with gestational capacity. Before the Chamber of Deputies, and together with allied organizations, we brought a legislative initiative proposal before the Gender Equality Commission to decriminalize abortion with the highest guarantee standard.