'We're here': Mexican groups slam U.S. abortion restrictions as they help more American women
Groups and clinics in Mexico express concern over tightening U.S. restrictions as they help more U.S. women crossing the border to seek abortion services.
MONTERREY, Mexico — At first glance, it only looks like a roof terrace in a house in Monterrey in the Mexican state of Nuevo León, two hours from the border with the U.S.
It's a small space, with a kitchen and bathroom, called La Abortería, or the abortion place, and it's become a haven for dozens of women and pregnant people — both from Mexico and the United States — who have decided to interrupt their pregnancy with the use of medication.
“You have to talk about abortion as a responsible decision,” said Vanessa Jiménez Rubalcava, one of the space’s founders, in an interview with Noticias Telemundo. “Abortion is a loving and safe decision. It's also a simple medical procedure.”
The abortion center has 17 people who advise and accompany the medically induced abortion processes of some 500 women every month, and it's part of the network Necesito Abortar Mexico, or I Need to Abort Mexico, a project created six years ago to support people who need guidance on abortion.
“It’s about providing all the emotional, physical, economic tools so that women experience an abortion in a dignified manner,” said Ileana Sandoval, a woman who has undergone two procedures with the network's support and who is now part of the project.
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