Abortion in Mexico City

According to LifeNews:
The members of the legislative assembly of the federal district of Mexico City voted to legalize abortions in 2007. Since then, abortion business have done approximately 34,000 abortions and those numbers are likely set to increase — though they have prompted a backlash in other Mexican states.
The legislative assembly, in April 2007, approved [...]

Gay Marriage & Adoption Approved in the DF

The LA Times reports that
Mexico City on Tuesday formally put on the books a law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children, with Mayor Marcelo Ebrard rejecting demands he veto the controversial measure.
The law was published in the official government newspaper, and will go into effect in 45 days. It was passed by a [...]

Religion in Mexico

The US State Department reports the following for Mexico “religious demography”:
Section I. Religious Demography
The country has an area of 1,220,663 square miles and a population of 109 million. According to the Government’s 2000 census, approximately 88 percent of respondents identify themselves as at least nominally Catholic. There are an estimated 11,000 Catholic churches and 14,000 [...]