{"id":5426,"date":"2022-02-22T16:11:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T16:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelfoundation.org\/?p=5426"},"modified":"2022-02-22T16:11:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T16:11:42","slug":"colombia-decriminalizes-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trockwebdesign.com\/channel\/2022\/02\/22\/colombia-decriminalizes-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombia Decriminalizes Abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"

On February 21, 2022, the Constitutional Court of Colombia ruled to expand the rights of women and girls to obtain safe, legal abortions. This ruling represents a clumination of over 15 years of work by Channel partner Women’s Link Worldwide and local partners in the region.\u00a0<\/span>On February 21, 2022, the Constitutional Court of Colombia ruled to expand the rights of women and girls to obtain safe, legal abortions. The court\u2019s <\/span>decision<\/span><\/a> decriminalizes abortions during the first 24 weeks of pregnancy and follows years of grass roots organizing by groups of women across Latin America. One of these groups was Channel grantee partner <\/span>Women\u2019s Link Worldwide (WLW)<\/span><\/a>, which was a key member of <\/span>Causa Justa<\/span><\/a>, the coalition of abortion rights groups that brought this case to court. Channel partner inroads<\/a> shared a video<\/a> from one of their members, ProFamilia Colombia<\/a>, who have been working to bust stigma around abortion before this decision.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This ruling represents a culmination of over 15 years of work by WLW and local partners in the region. In 2006, WLW achieved its <\/span>first victory<\/span><\/a> in this fight by leading and filing a lawsuit requesting the Constitutional Court to declare the law that criminalized abortion unconstitutional. This resulted in the Court overturning Colombia\u2019s total ban on abortion, allowing the procedure in three cases: rape or incest, fetal nonviability and threat to a woman’s life or health. Since then, WLW and their fellow rights defenders have faced countless obstacles, including hostile courts, misinformation, outdated cultural attitudes, social stigmas, and resistance from lawmakers. Despite these challenges, WLW and partners persevered, utilizing creative legal strategies to combat misinformation, protect access to abortion for sexual violence victims, and ultimately decriminalize abortion. <\/span><\/p>\n

In the past two years, Channel partners have also helped to loosen restrictions on abortion in <\/span>Mexico<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Argentina<\/span><\/a>, signifying a shift in attitudes on the procedure across the historically conservative region of Latin America. With the legalization of abortion in Argentina, activists established the green handkerchief as a symbol of the country\u2019s abortion rights movement. Soon, a \u201cgreen wave\u201d spread across the region as the women\u2019s rights movement in Latin America grew in strength and prominence.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After the Colombian court\u2019s decision was announced, women outside the courthouse danced with green handkerchiefs in the air. This decision marks a major victory, both for Latin America\u2019s \u201cgreen wave\u201d movement and the continued advancement of women\u2019s rights in Colombia.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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