Good morning. We're covering the decriminalization of abortion in Mexico and Antony Blinken's trip to Ukraine. |
Plus: What movers think about your relationship. |
 | | A sign in Mexico City earlier this year read, "Abortion out of the penal code."Quetzalli Nicte-Ha/Reuters |
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Mexico decriminalizes abortion nationwide |
In a sweeping decision, Mexico's Supreme Court struck down the federal penal code that criminalized abortion, deeming it "unconstitutional" and making abortion legally accessible in all federal health institutions across the country. It also ruled against bans on medical providers, including midwives, from performing the procedure. |
The ruling has no effect on local laws, and abortion remains illegal in 20 of the predominantly Catholic country's 32 states. But even in those states, women can now legally seek abortion in federal hospitals and clinics. The ruling also protects employees at those facilities from being penalized for carrying out abortions. |
Countries such as Colombia, Argentina, Uruguay and Guyana have also moved to either legalize or decriminalize abortion, in contrast to the U.S., where the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade last year made it harder for women in some states to end their pregnancies. |
Background: The Mexican Supreme Court ruled in 2021 that criminalizing abortion was unconstitutional, but that ruling applied only to the state of Coahuila, which borders Texas. Twelve Mexican states have now eliminated criminal penalties for the procedure. |
 | | Antony Blinken, right, announced more than $1 billion in new aid to Ukraine.Pool photo by Brendan Smialowski |
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During a visit to Kyiv, Antony Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state, announced more than $1 billion in new American aid to Ukraine. He was the highest-profile American official to visit the country since the beginning of Ukraine's counteroffensive. |
The aid includes funding to rebuild the country after the war, as well as mine-resistant vehicles, which will assist Ukrainian troops in their push into Russian-occupied territory. Ukraine has retaken more than half of the territory that Russia seized after its full-scale invasion. |
- An election in Slovakia this month will be a test of European unity on Ukraine, and of Russia's efforts to undermine it. The front-runner wants to halt arms shipments to Kyiv.
- Russia's extensive use of cluster munitions last year in Ukraine led to the highest number of casualties from the widely banned weapons in more than a decade, according to a new report.
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 | | Jenni Hermoso, center, has filed a criminal complaint after being forcibly kissed.Manu Fernandez/Associated Press |
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Allegations of sexism in women's soccer in Spain |
Amid an investigation into a nonconsensual kiss between a player and Spain's top soccer official, members of the country's women's soccer team have described an atmosphere in which they said they had received many subtle and not-so-subtle reminders over the years that, in the eyes of that top official, women should know their place. |
More than a dozen women involved in Spanish soccer described more than a decade of systemic sexism ranging from paternalism and offhand remarks to verbal abuse. Women said they had been subjected to bedtime checks and had been ordered to leave their hotel doors ajar at night, and one high-ranking official quit after concluding that her hiring was just window dressing. |
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Movers have a front-row seat to one of the most stressful, vulnerable or even romantic moments in a couple's relationship. And they see it all: romantic partners moving in together for the first time, families relocating and the newly single after a breakup. |
"They don't hesitate to have very open conversations with each other in front of you, so you kind of get a sense of their dynamic, of their relationship, like petty grievances or just weird stuff," one mover said. |
Italian Grand Prix winners and losers: Who performed best at Monza? |
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A new Rolling Stones album |
Philip Norman, the author of a major biography of the group, said he was anticipating a classic Stones sound. "This is the Stones we know and some of us have loved for the past six decades," he said. |
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That's it for today's briefing. See you tomorrow. — Natasha |
P.S. Colby College gave its annual courage in journalism award to Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter jailed in Russia. |
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