In the Courts
The Latin American Green Wave Takes Los Angeles
Center and movement partners lead activities to bring attention to reproductive rights issues in Latin America.
Causa Justa’s “Party of Freedom” Celebrates One-Year Anniversary of Landmark Ruling in Colombia
The Causa Justa Movement celebrates the Constitutional Court’s historic ruling to decriminalize abortion in Colombia with events and activities.
El Salvador debe acelerar implementación de la Sentencia de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos sobre emergencias obstétricas
San Salvador, 13 de diciembre de 2022. A finales de 2021 la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (Corte IDH) condenó a El Salvador por el caso #ManuelaJusticiayEsperanza y estableció que la prohibición absoluta del aborto ha impactado desproporcionadamente a las mujeres que sufren emergencias obstétricas. Un año más tarde, el Estado salvadoreño ha avanzado muy […]
Another Woman Unjustly Convicted due to Pregnancy Complication is Released in El Salvador
03.29.2022 (PRESS STATEMENT) – In El Salvador, another woman—of the many unjustly convicted for homicide after an accusation of a suspected abortion—was released after serving more than 13 years in prison. Maritza, whose full name is being withheld for privacy reasons, is now free after the Salvadoran State commuted the 30-year prison sentence she received. […]
Colombia’s Highest Court Rules to Decriminalize Abortion
Landmark ruling in “Causa Justa” lawsuit will help remove barriers to abortion up to 24 weeks of gestation.
Statements from the Center for Reproductive Rights on the Constitutional Court Decision Decriminalizing Abortion in Colombia
02.21.22 – (PRESS STATEMENT) Today, the Constitutional Court of Colombia issued a ruling decriminalizing abortion up to 24 weeks gestation, a move expected to further eliminate barriers to legal abortion and help to end criminal prosecution of women and girls, as well as abortion providers. Colombia becomes the eighth country in Latin America and the […]
Ganan las mujeres: Corte Constitucional de Colombia elimina el delito del aborto hasta la semana 24, tras fallar a favor de la demanda del Movimiento Causa Justa.
El 21 de febrero de 2022, la Corte Constitucional decidió eliminar el delito de aborto hasta la semana 24 de gestación, y mantiene la aplicación de las causales después de ese tiempo establecido, conforme con la Sentencia C-355 de 2006, en la que se despenalizó parcialmente el aborto en tres circunstancias específicas: Cuando la continuación […]
Sentence Commuted of Woman Convicted for Abortion Crime in El Salvador
Fifth woman to be released since December after legal action by the Center for Reproductive Rights and Other Organizations
Inter-American Court of Human Rights Ruling Will Help Protect Women Seeking Reproductive Health Care, Including Abortion
Ruling in case brought by the Center and partners holds El Salvador responsible for the death of Manuela, a woman imprisoned after an obstetric emergency.