The World Is Liberalizing Abortion Laws, But America Is Bent on Criminalization
The plaza outside Palacio de Justicia in Bogotá, Colombia was joyous on Monday. People wearing green bandanas—thein Latin America—crowded together shouting, crying and rejoicing. Kicking off this week, Colombia’s highest court ruled in favor of decriminalizing abortion up
until 24 weeks of a pregnancy. The move makes Colombia the latest country to liberalize its abortion laws—almost in direct response to America’s continued push toward criminalization.Since 2006, abortion had only been permitted in Colombia in cases of rape or incest or if the pregnant person’s health was at risk — meaning
fetal abnormalities that would lead to death. Before that, the country had a total ban on the incredibly safe medical procedure. “This ruling puts Colombia as the country with the most advanced legislation in the Americas,” Mariana Ardila, Women’s Link Worldwide managing attorney and one of the leading plaintiffs in the case in front of the court, said in a statement to Jezebel.
Marta Royo, executive director for Profamilia, the International Planned Parenthood Federation member association in Colombia, remarked on this movement in a statement to Jezebel, noting that both the decriminalization of abortion and “the Green Wave movement across Latin America” is “centered not just on public health, but also the full lives, citizenship and human rights of girls, adolescents, and women – who, for multiple reasons, including inequity, access to education, gender-based...
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