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Rights and freedoms: what each party thinks

By Fadrique Garcia Font ·

Abortion in the first 12 weeks, adoption by same-sex couples, cannabis, legal name and gender changes for trans people, euthanasia and takedowns of online content.

6 questions, 48 party positions and 1 complete disagreement (how they are assigned).

Further reading on this topic: «Mexico’s parties and rights: abortion, adoption and marijuana».

What divides the parties on this issue

On matters of conscience, the Chamber's opposition stops being a bloc. The PAN and Movimiento Ciudadano both have sources on four of this theme's six questions, and on three of them they sit on opposite sides: abortion, marijuana and euthanasia. The PAN's program rejects abortion and euthanasia in the name of life from conception to natural death, and opposes legalizing drugs, though it respects medical cannabis. Movimiento Ciudadano wants the public health system to guarantee pregnancy termination, to regulate cannabis for adult use as well, and to legalize euthanasia, as its Mexico City lawmakers proposed in 2024.

SOMOS stays very close to Movimiento Ciudadano and outdoes it on one point: it is the only party that calls in writing for adoption by same-sex couples, and it also wants abortion legal nationwide before 12 weeks. The PRI, by contrast, lands close to Morena and the PT on several questions: its declaration of principles says women should not be criminalized for exercising reproductive rights and that sexual diversity must not lead to discrimination, and in 2021 its leader leaned toward legalizing the marijuana trade, as the PT's did.

There are differences within the coalition too: on marijuana, the keenest to end prohibition is not Morena, which only proposes opening a debate, but the PVEM, whose platform calls for legalizing and regulating the drug market. PAZ, its positions still provisional, disagrees with legalizing abortion nationwide, and has a source for it: in a 2026 interview its legal representative granted that abortion is a right where the law recognizes it, but said the party will keep pushing pro-life initiatives.

The internet question brings the opposition back together: no party wants a government agency able to order content taken down. The PAN demands total freedom of expression, and the PRI, Movimiento Ciudadano and SOMOS also disagree; Morena, the PT and the PVEM stay in the middle, after the article allowing platforms to be blocked was struck from the 2025 telecommunications law. In absolute terms this theme has the most estimated positions, 18 of 48: five of PAZ's six, four of the PVEM's and three of the PT's. On euthanasia and on the rights of trans people, most parties have no text of their own.

Written from the documented positions of the eight parties on the questions in this issue; where part of it rests on estimated positions, that is stated. It does not include the answers of people taking the test.

What each party proposes on this issue

A summary of their positions on the questions in this issue, based on their electoral platforms, founding documents, votes in the Chamber of Deputies and public statements. The numbers refer to the questions below, each with its details and sources.

PAN

Agrees: 3

Disagrees: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6

PRI

Agrees: 1, 2, 4

Disagrees: 3, 6

In between: 5

PVEM

Agrees: 2, 4

Disagrees: 3

In between: 1, 5, 6

PT

Agrees: 1, 2, 4

Disagrees: 3

In between: 5, 6

MC

Agrees: 1, 2, 4, 5

Disagrees: 3, 6

Morena

Agrees: 1, 2, 4

In between: 3, 5, 6

PAZ

Agrees: 3

Disagrees: 1, 2, 4, 5

In between: 6

SOMOS

Agrees: 1, 2, 4, 5

Disagrees: 3, 6

1. Abortion should be legal nationwide during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.

Each state regulates abortion in its criminal code: in some it is legal up to 12 weeks, in others only in cases such as rape. In 2023 the Supreme Court ruled that punishing it under the Federal Criminal Code is unconstitutional.

Of the 8 parties with a position on this question: 5 in favor, 1 in between and 2 against.

2. Same-sex couples should be able to adopt on the same terms as other couples.

Same-sex marriage is legal in all 32 states. Adoption is regulated by each state; the Supreme Court has ruled that denying it because of a couple's sexual orientation is discriminatory.

Of the 8 parties with a position on this question: 6 in favor, 0 in between and 2 against.

3. The sale of marijuana for adult use should remain prohibited.

In 2021 the Supreme Court ruled that banning personal recreational use of marijuana, with a permit from Cofepris, is unconstitutional, but selling it remains illegal: no law regulates its sale.

Of the 8 parties with a position on this question: 2 in favor, 1 in between and 5 against.

4. Trans people should be able to change their name and sex on their official documents through an administrative procedure.

In Mexico City and several states, a procedure at the civil registry is enough to change one's name and sex on the birth certificate; in others it requires going to court.

Of the 8 parties with a position on this question: 6 in favor, 0 in between and 2 against.

5. Euthanasia should be legal for terminally ill patients who request it.

Euthanasia is a crime in Mexico. Mexico City and several states have advance directive laws, which allow patients to refuse treatment that only prolongs life, but not to ask for help to die.

Of the 8 parties with a position on this question: 2 in favor, 4 in between and 2 against.

  • PAN Strongly against
    Programa de acción del PAN (vigente desde 2023), p. 8, punto 13 Why
  • PRI In between

    Estimated position: inferred from the party’s platform and statements as a whole, without a specific document stating it.

    Why
  • PVEM In between

    Estimated position: inferred from the party’s platform and statements as a whole, without a specific document stating it.

    Why
  • PT In between

    Estimated position: inferred from the party’s platform and statements as a whole, without a specific document stating it.

    Why
  • MC In favor
    Xataka México, 8 de noviembre de 2024 Why
  • Morena In between

    Estimated position: inferred from the party’s platform and statements as a whole, without a specific document stating it.

    Why
  • PAZ Against

    Estimated position: inferred from the party’s platform and statements as a whole, without a specific document stating it.

    Why
  • SOMOS In favor

    Estimated position: inferred from the party’s platform and statements as a whole, without a specific document stating it.

    Why

6. A government agency should be able to order internet platforms to remove harmful content.

Today platforms remove content mainly under their own rules or by court order. In July 2025 the Chamber passed a new Telecommunications and Broadcasting Law, which moves regulation of the sector to the federal government.

Of the 8 parties with a position on this question: 0 in favor, 4 in between and 4 against.

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