Duque opposes legalization of abortion in Colombia

Duque opposes legalization of abortion in Colombia

Issued on: 19/02/2020
Bogota (AFP)

Colombia's conservative President Ivan Duque questioned on Wednesday whether his country was ready to fully legalize abortion ahead of a debate in the Constitutional Court on whether to allow the practice in the first three months of a pregnancy.

Currently, like much of Latin America, Colombia allows abortion in three cases: a risk to the mother's life, if the fetus has a deformity and if the pregnancy was a result of rape.

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