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Women's Health Journal

Colombia. Campaign to Decriminalize Abortion
Women's Health Journal - 1999 - Women's Health Journal, 16

Mots clés : activisme; avortement; santé; santé de la reproduction; santé reproductive; statut légal
Pays / Régions : Amérique centrale; Amérique du Sud; Amérique latine; Colombie

Résumé : The Grupo por la Despenalizacion del Aborto en Colombia (Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion in Colombia) and the Cali branch of the Red Colombiana de Mujeres por los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos (Colombian Network of Women for Sexual and Reproductive and Sexual Rights) are leading other women's organizations in a national and international campaign to reform the current Penal Code. Their goal is the decriminalization of abortion in cases of rape, risk to the mother's life, fetal malformation and unfavorable psychological or socioeconomic factors. This campaign for free choice emphasizes that Colombia is one of four countries in the world where abortion is totally prohibited, despite the government's international commitments to protect women's health and rights.

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