Family Planning Bolstered Mexico's Middle Class, But Access Still Depends On Politics, Religion

Family Planning Bolstered Mexico’s Middle Class, But Access Still Depends On Politics, Religion

Victoria Vera González was born in Mexico. Birth rates in the country have dropped dramatically over the last 50 years, in part, because of a policy that made birth control free. Let’s start 50 years ago when the United Nations declared family planning as a human right. Here's what Mexico’s UN Representative, Antonio Martínez Báez, said back then: “México emitió su voto favorable, con profunda convicción, reiterando así su actititud de lograr una completa igualdad para la mujer en . . .