MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) -- Mexico's Supreme Court voted 8-3 Thursday to uphold legal abortion in the capital, opening the possibility that similar measures could be adopted elsewhere in Mexico.

But conservative President Felipe Calderon, whose administration appealed the Mexico City law to the Supreme Court, is unlikely to stop fighting efforts to expand the availability of abortions.

Even with the Supreme Court's approval, pro-abortion groups complain that many doctors refuse to do the procedure in Mexico City. Some are morally opposed, while others fear public scorn or the wrath of the country's powerful Roman Catholic Church.

The church blasted the court on Thursday, declaring itself in mourning and issuing a statement that church leaders would redouble their efforts to campaign on behalf of "the millions of children who are being sacrificed."

About a dozen riot police blocked off the street leading to the court as the decision was announced, guarding against disturbances.

Last year, Mexico City's leftist government legalized abortions in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. But the federal Attorney General's Office and National Human Rights Commission took the law to the Supreme Court, arguing the city can't make health laws.

Justice Guillermo Ortiz said the court was simply saying that it was constitutional for Mexico City to legalize abortion.

"It's not up to the Supreme Court to legalize or criminalize abortion," he said.

The law applies only to public hospitals in Mexico City and does not require doctors in federal hospitals or private clinics to perform abortions. It also allows doctors with moral objections to refuse to do the procedure.

Mexico's high court upholds abortion law - CNN.com

Interesting foreign developments.
Evidently they are debating whether or not the first 12 weeks is allowable for an abortion.
IMO, that's the cut-off point with only rare exceptions.