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IX. Acknowledgments

Marianne Møllmann, Americas researcher for the Women’s Rights Division, wrote this report based on research she conducted in Mexico in October and December 2005.  Janet Walsh, acting executive director of the Women’s Rights Division; Daniel Wilkinson, senior researcher in the Americas Division; Michael Bochenek, deputy director of the Children’s Rights Division; Corinne Carey, researcher in the U.S. Program; Wilder Tayler, Legal and Policy director; and Joseph Saunders, deputy director of the Program Office, reviewed the report.  Joanna Pozen and Clara Presler, interns for the Women’s Rights Division, provided invaluable research assistance.  Fitzroy Hepkins, Andrea Holley, Rafael Jimenez, Erin Mahoney, José Martínez, and Veronica Matushaj provided production assistance.

We are grateful to the many individuals and organizations who contributed to this research with their time, expertise, and information.  Human Rights Watch sincerely thanks all the courageous women who shared their experiences with us and made this report possible.

We appreciate the feedback on this report provided by Elsa Ancona, lawyer, GIRE, Mexico; Alma Luz Beltrán, lawyer, GIRE, Mexico; Deborah Billings, Senior Research Associate, Ipas, Mexico; Adriana Ortega Ortíz, Reproductive Health Law Fellow, Toronto University, Canada; María Luisa Sánchez, director, GIRE, Mexico; and Lilian Sepúlveda, staff attorney, International Program, Center for Reproductive Rights, United States. Human Rights Watch takes full responsibility for any errors or omissions in this report.

The Women's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Lisbet Rausing Charitable Fund, the Sigrid Rausing Trust, the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation, the Chicago Foundation for Women, the Gruber Family Foundation, the Moriah Fund, the Libra Foundation, the Oak Foundation, the Streisand Foundation, the Schooner Foundation, the Banky-LaRocque Foundation, and the members of the Advisory Committee of the Women’s Rights Division.