Culiacán, Sinaloa.- Although progress has been made in the legislation of the legal framework for the welfare of women in Sinaloa, still Remain pending Dr. Gonzalo Armienta Hernández and Mireya Castro López, former counselor of the National Women’s Institute, agreed on this matter and, above all, its correct application.
Mireya Castro, a specialist in equality and development, who worked at the Sinaloa Women’s Institute, reports that they have detected that Official Mexican Standard 046 is not met mandatory compliance for public, social and private health institutions. This norm establishes, since 2009, that an abortion must be performed in case of pregnancy due to rape.
With the decriminalization of abortion yesterday in Sinaloa, Mireya Castro points out that, once it is published in the Official State Gazette, they will observe and analyze in detail issues such as conscientious objectionan argument that has been used by some doctors who have refused to perform abortions in cases of rape and even despite the legal backing of NOM 046, the activist denounced.
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In another aspect, Gonzalo Armienta states that at the federal level in criminal matters, a man who commits the crime of drug trafficking, who is motivated by economic or social status, cannot be judged in the same way, unlike a woman, who can commit the crime of drug trafficking. same crime, but due to pressure from her partner or to support her children.
It details that, despite the fact that there is a national protocol issued by the Supreme Court of Justice where it is stated that should be judged from a gender perspective, the state judges do not do it and in the sentences they issue, international treaties in favor of women are not mentioned. Also, there is no local protocol.
He considered that the ministerial police should be more agile in the complaints of femicide, as well as in the implementation of security measures for women who suffer domestic violence, as already indicated by the General Law of Women’s Access to a Life Free of Violence . In addition, a law to protect indigenous women remains to be issued, since they are the most unprotected, she said.
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Rule 046
In case of pregnancy due to rape, and prior authorization from the competent authority, the public institutions that provide medical care services must provide medical abortion services at the request of the interested victim.
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