More than two years ago a tough debate began, including protests in the streets, on the decriminalization of abortion, this Monday the Court approved it.
Colombia News.
February 2020 was a key month for the discussion on the decriminalization of abortion in Colombia, this Monday, two years later, it was approved by the Constitutional Court. “It’s law!” hundreds of people who came to hear the decision shout euphorically outside the institution.
The celebration this Monday outside the Constitutional Court.
For that encounter, the discussion was to allow it after 16 weeks, what was approved this Monday is historic: it will be allowed up to 24 weeks of gestation.
La Silla Vacía revealed that the vote in the Courts was:
- In favour: magistrates Alberto Rojas, Antonio J. Lizarazo (he made the presentation in 2021), José Fdo. Reyes, Diana Fajardo and Julio Andrés Ossa (co-judge)
- Against: Cristina Pardo, Jorge E. Ibáñez, Paola Meneses and Gloria Ortiz
After 24 weeks, the abortion will be based on the three causes that the Court defined in 2006.
legal abortion
It should be remembered that in Colombia abortion is decriminalized on three grounds and is recognized as a human right according to Judgment C-355 of 2006.
More than 45 social organizations of human rights, women, feminists and around 60 activists, health service providers and providers, members of the academy and research centers from all over Colombia, came together in 2020 to achieve the elimination of the crime of abortion of the Penal Code.
Just cause It sought for women to be able to make autonomous decisions based on their own moral conscience in a free and informed manner.
They want it to be recognized as a true fundamental right and not a partial right.
This victory on February 21 is practically his.
In the next few hours, all the conditions of the decision and how it will be defined in the country’s health system should be known.
This is how the promoters of the decriminalization of abortion celebrate against the @CConstitucional. pic.twitter.com/SZCoGI2Llz
– The Empty Chair (@lasillavacia) February 21, 2022
