Colombia has become the latest country in Latin America to partially decriminalize abortion, marking a major victory for the nation's feminist movements and reflecting a wider shift in views toward the procedure across the region.
Bogota, Colombia Colombia became the latest country in Latin America to partially decriminalize abortion on Monday, marking a major victory for the nation's feminist movements and reflecting a wider shift in views toward the procedure across the region.
The country's Constitutional Court ruled in favor of legalizing abortion up until 24 weeks of a pregnancy, the supreme tribunal announced in a statement.Abortion rights advocates reacted on Monday with marches in Bogota, the capital, and other major cities, having campaigned for two decades to remove abortion from the country's criminal code.
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