(CNA. Diego López Colín).
With Mexico’s June 2 presidential election fast approaching, the attention of the country’s citizens is increasingly focused on the proposals of the candidates who are vying to succeed incumbent President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
There are three candidates in the race for president of Mexico: Claudia Sheinbaum, a member of the ruling Morena party — founded by current president Andrés Manuel López Obrador — heads the left-wing coalition Together We Make History; Xóchitl Gálvez of the opposition National Action Party (PAN) is the candidate of the electoral alliance Broad Front for México; and Jorge Álvarez Máynez is running for the Citizen Movement.
When it comes to issues of particular interest to Catholics, abortion and the policy agenda of the LGBT lobby are among the most sensitive. Here’s where the three candidates stand on these issues in particular.
Xóchitl Gálvez
Regarding abortion, Gálvez has spoken out on several occasions. In her most recent statement, she said: “I don’t agree with criminalizing any woman who has an abortion, I am totally against it.”