Lawyers Challenge Abortion In Mexico

It seems that the Catholic Church and a seemingly inexhaustible pool of lawyers intend to challenge a recently passed bill that legalized abortion in Mexico City. The bill, which easily passed through the leftist legislative body, has been seen as a radical shift away from Catholic ideals. This is significant because Mexico is the second largest Catholic nation in the world. The lawyers hope to take the case to Inter-American Court of Human Rights which is the judicial arm of the OAS. This may be highly contreversial at the international legal level. It will be interesting to see how the courts respond and if they even decide to hear the case.