here are, however, some exceptions. Since 2007 Mexico City —where approximately 7.87% of the national population lives[16]— offers abortion on request to any woman up to 12 weeks into a pregnancy[17] which, along with Cuba and Uruguay, is one of the most liberal legislations on this matter in Latin America.[15] In contrast, recent political lobbying on behalf of the dominant Roman Catholic Church and pro-life organizations has resulted in the amendment of more than half of the state constitutions, which now define a fertilized human egg as a person with a right to legal protection.[18] As of 15 October 2009, none of those states removed its exceptions to abortion to reflect the changes in its constitution,[14] but according to Human Rights Watch and a local NGO, over the past eight years the conservative-leaning state of Guanajuato "has denied every petition by a pregnant rape victim for abortion services" and about 130 of its residents have been sentenced for seeking or providing illegal abortion.[19][20]