Mexico State Congress debates teenage pregnancy education reform and gender parity bills

In the State Congress of Mexico, Deputy Brisseire Sánchez López (PVEM) questioned the disparate treatment of two similar legislative proposals concerning teenage pregnancy. She urged that her own initiative, which seeks to amend the state education law to keep pregnant girls in school and require officials to notify authorities of under‑age pregnancies linked to crimes, receive the same consideration as a colleague’s proposal that advanced without a prior consultation requirement. Sánchez López highlighted that the two bills are “very, very similar” and asked the parliamentary services to apply consistent criteria.

Separately, Francisco Sánchez, coordinator of the Movimiento Ciudadano caucus, discussed the party’s gender‑parity initiative in the Chihuahua state legislature. He said that if their proposal to ensure gender parity across gubernatorial, congressional and municipal candidacies succeeds, the party will review a similar bill from the PAN to decide its stance. Sánchez emphasized the need for a comprehensive approach that guarantees parity not only for the governor’s race but also for local offices, and noted ongoing debates within the Commission on Governance.