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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | July 2005 
Mexico to Allow Debate on Morning-After Pill
 Wire services
| | Archbishop of Mexico City, Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, 72, was ordained at age 24 and became a cardinal at 55. From 1982 to 1985, he was a professor of ecclesiology at the Pontifical University of Mexico. (AP Photo) |
Mexico City – Mexico agreed to allow debate on its decision to make the morning-after birth control pill widely available as a basic medication at government clinics, saying "the principal actors interested" in the topic would participate.
Citing "the worries that have been generated," about the pill, a late-night, joint statement by the Interior and Health Departments hinted that officials would further analyze its wide distribution. It did not explain, however, who would participate in the debate and made no promises that the decision to make the product available at 19,000 state health facilities would be reversed.
The announcement came hours after Cardinal Norberto Rivera, the archbishop of Mexico City, said the decision to make the pill widely available should not have been made without a public debate.
"Mexico was built on dialogue, not imposition," Rivera told reporters.
Women's rights activists applauded the government's decision last week to make the pill available at government hospitals and clinics within about four months.
The treatment involves a hormone compound given in two doses 12 hours apart, and can be taken days after unprotected sex. Government clinics provide medications at reduced prices for those who qualify. |
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