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MEXICO CITY: Six women sentenced to up to 29 years in prison for abortion will see their sentences reduced to eight years thanks to a reform in central Mexico, defence groups said Monday.
The reform, which passed last week in Guanajuato state, still considers abortion an "infanticide," said Veronica Cruz, the head of a local women's group.
Half of Mexico's 32 states punish abortions with prison sentences.
Mexico City is alone in having decriminalised abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
-AFP/wk
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