Symposium on the Latin American Green Wave—October 27 in Washington, DC
Learn how this powerful movement confronted restrictions and achieved victories to liberalize abortion laws.
Colombia: Histórico Avance en la Despenalización del Aborto
This fact sheet discusses the implications of the Colombia Constitutional Court’s ruling in February, 2022, decriminalizing abortion up to 24 weeks of gestation.
Colombia: Historic Advancement in the Decriminalization of Abortion
This fact sheet discusses the implications of the Colombia Constitutional Court's ruling in February, 2022, decriminalizing abortion up to 24 weeks of gestation.
Q&A: Reproductive Violence and the Colombia Truth Commission
Catalina Martínez Coral, Senior Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean for the Center, answers our questions about the Truth Commission of Colombia.
En Honduras cada día la ley obliga a tres niñas violadas a ser madres
La prohibición absoluta del aborto es una violación a los derechos fundamentales de esas niñas.
Comisión de la Verdad de Colombia reconoce las violencias reproductivas y recomienda no asperjar glifosato
(Comunicado de prensa) Por primera vez en la historia de las comisiones para el esclarecimiento de la verdad, se reconoce la ocurrencia de formas de violencia reproductiva. El informe de la Comisión de la Verdad [...]
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 [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
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 [...]
¿Cómo beneficiaría a las niñas y adolescentes la eliminación del delito de aborto en Colombia?
A publication on the benefits of abortion decriminalization for girls and adolescents in Colombia.
Amicus Work: Latin America and the Caribbean
Case of I.V. v. Bolivia Inter-American Court of Human Rights (2016) Issue: Bolivia’s policy of forced sterilization Center Position: Forced sterilization is a human rights violation. I.V., a Bolivian, sued Bolivia when she was sterilized [...]
Reproductive health and glyphosate in the context of the armed conflict
As the Colombian government has tried to restart its aerial fumigation program with a herbicide called glyphosate, the Center for Reproductive Rights has published a report showing that the herbicide used in the program had [...]
Reproductive Violence in the Colombian Armed Conflict
The decision whether or not to have children does not belong to any armed group, to the State or to anyone else but the women themselves. The Center presented this report on reproductive violence to [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
