{"id":4200,"date":"2023-10-13T20:54:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T20:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abortomexico.gire.org.mx\/?post_type=preguntas-mitos&#038;p=4200"},"modified":"2026-09-23T23:52:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T23:52:44","slug":"partial-decriminalization-ends-criminalization-false","status":"publish","type":"preguntas-mitos","link":"https:\/\/abortomexico.gire.org.mx\/en\/preguntas-mitos\/partial-decriminalization-ends-criminalization-false\/","title":{"rendered":"Partial decriminalization ends criminalization: FALSE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even under the partial decriminalization of abortion (through a grounds-based regime and time limits), people who have abortions and those who assist them continue to be reported to authorities and stigmatized. The criminalization of this health service has meant that case files continue to be opened against women and other people with the capacity to gestate based on suspicion of abortion. Even if this does not result in conviction, the stigma and physical, financial, and emotional toll of this process is in itself a burden for those under investigation, affecting their life plans.<\/p>\n<p>In many cases, prosecutorial and health authorities who lack knowledge of the regulatory framework obstruct access to abortion services and report women and other pregnant people who decide to terminate a pregnancy or who experience obstetric emergencies. As a result, those who are reported must face the criminal justice system after having already endured a lack of access to quality abortion services and accurate and timely information based on scientific evidence and free from stigma and stereotypes\u2014among other barriers to the exercise of their human rights.<\/p>\n<p>For example, despite the fact that voluntary abortion had already been decriminalized in Mexico City up to the twelfth week of pregnancy, between 2012 and 2020 the city recorded the highest number of reports nationwide (1028) for the crime of abortion. This not only stigmatized the people reported but also generated an unnecessary workload for the justice system. Since 2015, Mexico City has also led the way in the number of case files and pre-trial investigations related to abortion.<\/p>\n<table>\r\n            <thead><tr>\r\n                     <th colspan='13'>Files and Pre-trial Investigations for the Crime of Abortion in the 32 Federal Entities<\/th>\r\n                 <\/tr><tr >  <th><p><strong>Federal Entity<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th> <th><p><strong>2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th> <th><p><strong>2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th> <th><p><strong>2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th> <th><p><strong>2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th> <th><p><strong>2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th> <th><p><strong>2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th> <th><p><strong>2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th> <th><p><strong>2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th> <th><p><strong>2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th> <th><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>2024<\/b><\/p>\n<\/th> <th><p>2025<\/p>\n<\/th> <th><p>April 2026<\/p>\n<\/th> <\/tr>\r\n                   <\/thead> <tbody> <tr><td data-title='Federal Entity\n'><p>Aguascalientes<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2015\n'><p>5<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2016\n'><p>7<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2017\n'><p>4<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2018\n'><p>7<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2019\n'><p>10<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2020\n'><p>5<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2021\n'><p>14<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2022\n'><p>13<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2023\n'><p>10<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2024\n'><p style=\"text-align: left;\">7<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2025\n'><p>9<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='April 2026\n'><p>5<\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-title='Federal Entity\n'><p>Baja California<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2015\n'><p>53<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2016\n'><p>43<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2017\n'><p>73<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2018\n'><p>63<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2019\n'><p>57<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2020\n'><p>39<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2021\n'><p>34<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2022\n'><p>42<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2023\n'><p>38<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2024\n'><p style=\"text-align: left;\">41<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2025\n'><p>65<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='April 2026\n'><p>35<\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-title='Federal Entity\n'><p>Baja California Sur<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2015\n'><p>3<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2016\n'><p>3<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2017\n'><p>14<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2018\n'><p>16<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2019\n'><p>12<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2020\n'><p>10<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2021\n'><p>14<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2022\n'><p>3<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2023\n'><p>8<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2024\n'><p>10<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2025\n'><p>8<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='April 2026\n'><p>6<\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-title='Federal Entity\n'><p>Campeche<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2015\n'><p>1<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2016\n'><p>1<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2017\n'><p>2<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2018\n'><p>1<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2019\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><td data-title='2020\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><td data-title='2021\n'><p>1<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2022\n'><p>5<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2023\n'><p>3<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2024\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><td data-title='2025\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><td data-title='April 2026\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-title='Federal Entity\n'><p>Coahuila<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2015\n'><p>3<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2016\n'><p>2<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2017\n'><p>3<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2018\n'><p>9<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2019\n'><p>2<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2020\n'><p>2<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2021\n'><p>4<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2022\n'><p>2<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2023\n'><p>2<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2024\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><td data-title='2025\n'><p>2<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='April 2026\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-title='Federal Entity\n'><p>Colima<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2015\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><td data-title='2016\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><td data-title='2017\n'><p>5<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2018\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><td data-title='2019\n'><p>4<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2020\n'><p>4<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2021\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><td data-title='2022\n'><p>5<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2023\n'><p>1<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2024\n'><p>2<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2025\n'><p>6<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='April 2026\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-title='Federal Entity\n'><p>Chiapas<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2015\n'><p>20<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2016\n'><p>22<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2017\n'><p>11<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2018\n'><p>15<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2019\n'><p>11<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2020\n'><p>10<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2021\n'><p>9<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2022\n'><p>3<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2023\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><td data-title='2024\n'><p>6<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2025\n'><p>5<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='April 2026\n'><p>2<\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-title='Federal Entity\n'><p>Chihuahua<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2015\n'><p>8<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2016\n'><p>13<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2017\n'><p>13<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2018\n'><p>10<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2019\n'><p>8<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2020\n'><p>9<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2021\n'><p>6<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2022\n'><p>10<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2023\n'><p>11<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2024\n'><p>7<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2025\n'><p>5<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='April 2026\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-title='Federal Entity\n'><p>Ciudad de M\u00e9xico<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2015\n'><p>131<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2016\n'><p>115<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2017\n'><p>84<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2018\n'><p>110<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2019\n'><p>132<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2020\n'><p>79<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2021\n'><p>102<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2022\n'><p>192<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2023\n'><p>181<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2024\n'><p>187<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2025\n'><p>244<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='April 2026\n'><p>111<\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-title='Federal Entity\n'><p>Durango<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2015\n'><p>2<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2016\n'><p>5<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2017\n'><p>1<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2018\n'><p>6<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2019\n'><p>1<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2020\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><td data-title='2021\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><td data-title='2022\n'><p>2<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2023\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><td data-title='2024\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><td data-title='2025\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><td data-title='April 2026\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-title='Federal Entity\n'><p>Guanajuato<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2015\n'><p>22<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2016\n'><p>27<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2017\n'><p>28<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2018\n'><p>30<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2019\n'><p>24<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2020\n'><p>31<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2021\n'><p>23<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2022\n'><p>24<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2023\n'><p>18<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2024\n'><p>22<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2025\n'><p>20<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='April 2026\n'><p>18<\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-title='Federal Entity\n'><p>Guerrero<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2015\n'><p>2<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2016\n'><p>5<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2017\n'><p>2<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2018\n'><p>4<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2019\n'><p>10<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2020\n'><p>4<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2021\n'><p>5<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2022\n'><p>6<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2023\n'><p>1<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2024\n'><p>5<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2025\n'><p>3<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='April 2026\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-title='Federal Entity\n'><p>Hidalgo<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2015\n'><p>24<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2016\n'><p>7<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2017\n'><p>11<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2018\n'><p>18<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2019\n'><p>15<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2020\n'><p>23<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2021\n'><p>19<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2022\n'><p>18<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2023\n'><p>12<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2024\n'><p>9<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2025\n'><p>12<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='April 2026\n'><p>6<\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-title='Federal Entity\n'><p>Jalisco<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2015\n'><p>23<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2016\n'><p>31<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2017\n'><p>29<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2018\n'><p>17<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2019\n'><p>5<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2020\n'><p>13<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2021\n'><p>11<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2022\n'><p>6<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2023\n'><p>11<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2024\n'><p>21<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2025\n'><p>10<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='April 2026\n'><p>5<\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-title='Federal Entity\n'><p>M\u00e9xico<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2015\n'><p>71<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2016\n'><p>66<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2017\n'><p>72<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2018\n'><p>107<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2019\n'><p>155<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2020\n'><p>145<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2021\n'><p>149<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2022\n'><p>144<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2023\n'><p>156<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2024\n'><p>108<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2025\n'><p>139<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='April 2026\n'><p>117<\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-title='Federal Entity\n'><p>Michoac\u00e1n<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2015\n'><p>9<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2016\n'><p>11<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2017\n'><p>11<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2018\n'><p>5<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2019\n'><p>17<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2020\n'><p>11<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2021\n'><p>18<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2022\n'><p>31<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2023\n'><p>21<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2024\n'><p>13<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2025\n'><p>14<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='April 2026\n'><p>13<\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-title='Federal Entity\n'><p>Morelos<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2015\n'><p>12<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2016\n'><p>16<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2017\n'><p>22<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2018\n'><p>4<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2019\n'><p>12<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2020\n'><p>13<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2021\n'><p>10<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2022\n'><p>10<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2023\n'><p>3<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2024\n'><p>9<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2025\n'><p>12<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='April 2026\n'><p>7<\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-title='Federal Entity\n'><p>Nayarit<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2015\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><td data-title='2016\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><td data-title='2017\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><td data-title='2018\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><td data-title='2019\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><td data-title='2020\n'><p>1<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2021\n'><p>3<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2022\n'><p>3<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2023\n'><p>4<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2024\n'><p>1<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2025\n'><p>1<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='April 2026\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-title='Federal Entity\n'><p>Nuevo Le\u00f3n<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2015\n'><p>58<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2016\n'><p>47<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2017\n'><p>28<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2018\n'><p>38<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2019\n'><p>84<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2020\n'><p>100<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2021\n'><p>119<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2022\n'><p>144<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2023\n'><p>141<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2024\n'><p>175<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2025\n'><p>218<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='April 2026\n'><p>84<\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-title='Federal Entity\n'><p>Oaxaca<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2015\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><td data-title='2016\n'><p>16<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2017\n'><p>15<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2018\n'><p>16<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2019\n'><p>16<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2020\n'><p>9<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2021\n'><p>8<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2022\n'><p>13<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2023\n'><p>16<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2024\n'><p>13<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2025\n'><p>16<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='April 2026\n'><p>5<\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-title='Federal Entity\n'><p>Puebla<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2015\n'><p>7<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2016\n'><p>13<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2017\n'><p>9<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2018\n'><p>5<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2019\n'><p>4<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2020\n'><p>6<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2021\n'><p>5<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2022\n'><p>1<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2023\n'><p>2<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2024\n'><p>6<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2025\n'><p>5<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='April 2026\n'><p>3<\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-title='Federal Entity\n'><p>Quer\u00e9taro<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2015\n'><p>5<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2016\n'><p>10<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2017\n'><p>12<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2018\n'><p>14<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2019\n'><p>22<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2020\n'><p>28<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2021\n'><p>37<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2022\n'><p>39<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2023\n'><p>37<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2024\n'><p>29<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2025\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><td data-title='April 2026\n'><p>0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-title='Federal Entity\n'><p>Quintana Roo<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2015\n'><p>6<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2016\n'><p>3<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2017\n'><p>5<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2018\n'><p>4<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2019\n'><p>13<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2020\n'><p>12<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2021\n'><p>5<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2022\n'><p>4<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2023\n'><p>4<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2024\n'><p>7<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2025\n'><p>7<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='April 2026\n'><p>6<\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-title='Federal Entity\n'><p>San Luis Potos\u00ed<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2015\n'><p>5<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2016\n'><p>8<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2017\n'><p>7<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2018\n'><p>10<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2019\n'><p>7<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2020\n'><p>9<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2021\n'><p>9<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2022\n'><p>9<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2023\n'><p>12<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2024\n'><p>12<\/p>\n<\/td><td data-title='2025\n'><p>15<\/p>\n<\/td><td 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