He added that this logic could extend to such examples as an offensive rock concert, where concerned individuals want to warn attendees going into the venue of the harmful material they will be exposed to once they are inside. With this legal interpretation, he added that government offices could be the next place where public speech could be seen as disagreeable and eventually prohibited. Henderson said such laws are based on the assumption that all public speech is unwelcome and can be limited. That concept jeopardizes free speech in all of its venues, including the media. Legislators in the northern state of Guanajuato passed the ban, which will take effect from 1 October and carry a penalty of ten years in prison for abortion practitioners who ignore it.
Abortion is regulated at state rather than federal level in Mexico.
In most of the 31 states, abortion is allowed only in cases of rape or to save the mother's life, and in some it is illegal altogether. The data published by the Office for National Statistics indicated that the number of people aged between 16 and 29 declined from 12.4 million in 1991 to 10.7 million in 1999. For more details click here.