Women's Fightback: Colombia decriminalises abortion
A recent decision from the Colombian constitutional court will decriminalise abortion. Last month, the court voted that it would be legal to terminate pregnancies until the 24th week. Previously, abortion in Colombia was only legal in certain situations; pregnancy resulting from rape or incest, foetal abnormality meaning life outside womb would be untenable or danger to mother’s physical or mental health. The punishment for illegal abortions was up to four and a half years in prison. The constitutional court voted five to four to decriminalise abortion in Colombia. Colombia now has some of the...