Op-ed: The Key Argument on Abortion That Changed Everything in Colombia
In this New York Times op-ed, Catalina Martínez Coral, senior regional director of the Center for Reproductive Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean, discusses her experiences fighting for the decriminalization of abortion in Colombia as part of the Causa Justa movement.
The Constitutional Court of Colombia issued a landmark ruling February 21 to decriminalize abortion up to 24 weeks of gestation, a move expected to have far-reaching impacts on the exercise of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the country.
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The Key Argument on Abortion That Changed Everything in Colombia, The New York Times, 03.14.22
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