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Daniel Keane

Colombia votes to legalise abortion in ‘historic victory’ for reproductive rights

Women react after Colombia’s constitutional court voted to decriminalise abortion in Bogota

(Picture: REUTERS)

Colombia’s constitutional court has voted to decriminalise abortion during the first 24 weeks of pregnancy in a “historic victory” for reproductive rights.

It brings the country in line with a number of Latin American countries which have recently liberalised abortion access, including Mexico and Ecuador.

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