Dozens of women clash with police over abortion rights in Mexico

In a demonstration of support for a woman's right to abortion, scores of women took to the street and clashed with riot police in Mexico City on Friday. Mostly dressed in black, wearing masks and pro-choice green handkerchiefs, the women held banners and chanted against the court's decision.

Mexico City: Dozens of women dressed in black clashed with riot police in Mexico City Friday in a demonstration of support for a woman's right to abortion.

The gathering was organized by feminist organizations after Mexico's Supreme Court declined to rule on a case that would have allowed women to exercise their right to legal abortion.

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Mostly dressed in black, wearing masks and pro-choice green handkerchiefs, the women held banners and chanted against the court's decision.

On Wednesday the court sidestepped the issue of abortion entirely by rejecting an injunction issued by a judge on technical grounds.