Colombia has turn out to be the most recent nation in Latin America to broaden entry to abortion, with the nation’s Constitutional Court docket voting to legalize the process till the twenty fourth week of being pregnant
BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia grew to become the most recent nation in Latin America to broaden entry to abortion Monday because the nation’s Constitutional Court docket voted to legalize the process till the twenty fourth week of being pregnant.
The choice by the tribunal of 9 judges fell wanting the expectations of pro-choice teams that had been pushing for abortion to be utterly decriminalized in Colombia. However it was nonetheless described as a historic occasion by girls’s rights teams, which estimate 400,000 girls get clandestine abortions within the nation annually.
Earlier than the ruling, Colombia allowed abortions solely when a girl’s life was at risk, a fetus had malformations or a being pregnant resulted from rape.
Now girls in Colombia will have the ability to get abortions till the twenty fourth week of their being pregnant with out having to offer any justification. After the twenty fourth week of being pregnant, abortion will nonetheless be restricted to girls whose well being is at risk.
Elsewhere in Latin America, Argentina, Uruguay and Cuba additionally enable abortions with out restrictions till sure phases of being pregnant.
Latin America can also be a area the place some international locations prohibit the termination of being pregnant with out exception, like in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras and the Dominican Republic.