Colombia Court Keeps Restrictive Abortion Law in Place

Colombia Court Keeps Restrictive Abortion Law in Place
Abortion rights advocates had hoped that a top court might legalize the procedure and herald a shift in Latin America. Instead, it left abortion illegal in most cases.

By Julie Turkewitz
March 2, 2020

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — A top court in Colombia declined to legalize abortion on Monday, disappointing abortion rights supporters who had hoped the case would herald a shift in Latin America and encourage other nations in the region to liberalize their laws.

“The court lost an opportunity,” said Mariana Ardila, a lawyer who was pushing for legalization, “to change the lives of women.”

Continued : https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/02/world/americas/colombia-abortion.html


Abortion access will not expand in Colombia, court rules

Abortion access will not expand in Colombia, court rules

Colombian court shuts down landmark abortion case, but renews debate on legalisation, women's rights activists say.
by Megan Janetsky
Mar 2, 2020

Bogota - Colombia's Constitutional Court shut down a landmark abortion case on Monday that divided the South American country and offered what experts called an opportunity to "set a precedent for the region".

For 14 years, Colombian law allowed for abortions under three circumstances: if the mother's life was endangered, if the pregnancy was a product of rape or if the fetus is fatally deformed.

Continued: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/abortion-access-won-expand-colombia-court-rules-200302233612742.html


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.

Continued: https://nationalpost.com/pmn/health-pmn/colombia-court-poised-to-make-historic-abortion-ruling