MEXICO CITY - The Roman Catholic Church on Sunday called on doctors in Mexico City not to perform abortions and lamented the city’s decision to legalize the procedure in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Mexico City officials have said doctors at city-run hospitals cannot refuse to perform abortions based on personal moral objection, but in a letter read at Sunday Mass, Cardinal Norberto Rivera said they could. Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, whose leftist Democratic Revolution Party backed the bill approved by city lawmakers last week, said he would not be deterred by the church’s statements. Mexican president’s humble but elusive kin at The Los Angeles Times (reg. In Mexican Town, Maybe a Way to Reduce Poverty in New York at The New York Times (reg. read more
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