Mexico's Supreme Court has discarded a proposal by one of the justices to declare unconstitutional parts of the country's criminal code on abortion.
Legal observers say, however, the issue is still unsettled and will be revisited by the high court at a later date.
The court's first bench voted 3-1 against a proposal that would have invalidated laws effectively outlawing abortion and making it punishable by up to five years in prison.
The issue will now be studied by the court, with one of the judges from the majority presenting a new proposal for consideration in the future, the newspaper Reforma reported.
