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Colombia

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Colombian Congress Defeats Proposals to Amend the Constitution and Prohibit Abortion under All Circumstances

10.19.11 - (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights celebrated the Colombian Senate’s defeat of a recent proposal to amend the country’s constitution and ban abortion under all circumstances. …

Center for Reproductive Rights Opens New Regional Office in Colombia

Center for Reproductive Rights Opens New Regional Office in Colombia

05.23.11 - (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights announced the opening of its new regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean in Bogotá, Colombia. The Center has worked in the region for fifteen years, advancing women's access to reproductive health services, through human rights litigation and the documentation of reproductive rights violations…

Abortion in Colombia: Hard-Won Gains at Risk

USAID funds must not be used to roll back historic wins for women's reproductive health and rights in Colombia — this is the message that the Center recently delivered to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a forceful letter. Our urgent appeal comes as Colombia's Attorney General continues to assault women's access to abortion…

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