Mexico holding hearings on legalizing abortion

Via BushvChoice, Mexican legislators begin hearings on legalizing abortion in the traditionally socially conservative country today. An excerpt from the article:

Illegal abortion is widespread in Mexico, and most private medical facilities quietly offer them, activists say. About 1 million abortions are performed in Mexico each year, in the ritziest hospitals and in clandestine "clinics" in homes in poor neighborhoods.