Aug 28, 2:13 PM EDT
Mexican Supreme Court upholds legal abortion MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico's Supreme Court has voted to uphold legal abortion in the capital.
Mexico City is one of only a handful of places in Latin America that allow abortion without limitations in the first trimester.
The court's support of the Mexico City law opens the possibility that similar measures could be adopted elsewhere in Mexico. It might also inspire other leftist Latin American cities to follow suit.
The Roman Catholic church blasted the court's decision Thursday, declaring itself in mourning and saying that church leaders would double their efforts to fight abortion in Mexico.
Conservative President Felipe Calderon's administration had appealed the law to the Supreme Court.
The court voted 8-3 to uphold it as constitutional.
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