Colombia court poised to make historic abortion ruling

Colombia court poised to make historic abortion ruling

Anastasia Moloney, Thomson Reuters Foundation
February 24, 2020

BOGOTA, Feb 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A top court in Colombia is set to rule on whether women can seek legal abortions during the first 16 weeks of pregnancy, a highly anticipated decision in a region with some of the world’s strictest reproductive rights laws.

Abortion in Colombia is only allowed if a mother’s life is at risk, if a fetus is malformed or if the pregnancy is a result of rape.

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