{"id":4776,"date":"2022-02-21T23:41:45","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T04:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/news-and-stories\/fos-feminista-applauds-colombian-court-ruling-to-decriminalize-abortion\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T18:07:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T22:07:54","slug":"fos-feminista-applauds-colombian-court-ruling-to-decriminalize-abortion","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/es\/news-and-stories\/fos-feminista-applauds-colombian-court-ruling-to-decriminalize-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"F\u00f2s Feminista aplaude la decisi\u00f3n judicial colombiana de despenalizar el aborto"},"template":"","class_list":["post-4776","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-news","article_format-news","issue_tax-legal-abortion","issue_legacy-abortion","location-colombia"],"acf":{"details":{"":null,"article_type":26,"article_format":171,"authors":"","add_button":false,"button_type":"link","button":"","download":"","download_button_text":"","featured_image":3706},"sidebar":{"issues":{"title":"Cuestiones prioritarias","issues":[34]},"locations":{"title":"Ubicaci\u00f3n","locations":[160]},"partners":{"title":"Socios","partners":""}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_hero_article","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_hero_article":{"":null,"anchor_id":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Hoy decisi\u00f3n<\/a> La decisi\u00f3n del Tribunal Constitucional colombiano de despenalizar el aborto es una victoria para las mujeres y los activistas de derechos humanos de todo el mundo. Esta sentencia responde a una demanda presentada en 2020 por las organizaciones de la Causa Justa<\/em> (Just Cause) movement in Colombia. Abortion will not be considered as a criminal matter until the 24th week of pregnancy. This paves the way for removing obstacles and guaranteeing access to abortion as a right and an essential health service.\n\nIn response to the ruling, Giselle Carino, Chief Executive Officer of F\u00f2s Feminista<\/a>, una alianza feminista internacional que apoya a Causa Justa, emiti\u00f3 la siguiente declaraci\u00f3n:\n\n\u201cCelebramos la decisi\u00f3n de la Corte como una victoria significativa para todas las mujeres y ni\u00f1as de Colombia, y en particular para las mujeres rurales, las sobrevivientes de violencia de g\u00e9nero y otras personas marginadas que se ven m\u00e1s afectadas por la penalizaci\u00f3n del aborto. Junto con nuestros socios locales en Colombia, trabajaremos para ampliar el acceso a informaci\u00f3n basada en los derechos sobre el aborto y la atenci\u00f3n segura del aborto, incluso a trav\u00e9s de plataformas de telesalud y comunitarias, y apoyaremos las redes de acompa\u00f1amiento para el aborto autogestionado.<\/em>\n\n\u201cAunque nuestra lucha contin\u00faa, la decisi\u00f3n de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de Colombia demuestra la fuerza de los movimientos feministas que se organizan para exigir justicia reproductiva. Hemos visto c\u00f3mo Argentina, M\u00e9xico y ahora Colombia rechazan leyes que penalizan y encarcelan a las mujeres por tomar decisiones sobre sus cuerpos y su futuro. Animadas por esta decisi\u00f3n sin precedentes, nos unimos a los defensores de toda la regi\u00f3n para ondear con entusiasmo nuestros pa\u00f1uelos verdes en se\u00f1al de solidaridad\u201d.\u201d<\/em>\n\n \n\nAura Carolina Cuasapud, portavoz de Causa Justa, que present\u00f3 la demanda que motiv\u00f3 la decisi\u00f3n del Tribunal de hoy, expres\u00f3:\n\n\u201cThis is a historic decision: Colombia has become the first country in the region where abortion will be legal until the 24th week. This will give more women and girls the opportunity to have a safe abortion, particularly those living in more vulnerable conditions. The ruling of the Court will also allow health providers to avoid criminalization and do their vital work of protecting women and girls. We will continue this fight until abortion is completely erased from the penal code, but for now, we celebrate. This is not the end, but rather a new beginning: We still must ensure that reproductive health services will be available for everyone who needs them.\"<\/em>\n\n \n\nBreve historia de la despenalizaci\u00f3n en Colombia:<\/em><\/strong>\n\nEn 2006, la Corte Constitucional colombiana dictamin\u00f3 que se permite el aborto en tres excepciones, o causales<\/em>: in cases of rape, fetal malformation, and danger to the woman\u2019s life and health. But women in Colombia continue to face multiple barriers to accessing legal abortions. These include a lack of trained health care providers, bureaucratic hurdles for getting the legal permission to have the procedure, and the pervasive stigma associated with criminalization.\n\nIn 2020 alone, as COVID-19 disrupted access to basic health services, including reproductive services, around 30,000 pregnant women and girls were denied the right to have a legal abortion. In this context, some 132 000 mujeres en Colombia<\/a> suffer complications due to unsafe abortion each year, making the Court\u2019s decision not only a matter of social justice, but also of health rights.\n\nIn December 2021, as the Constitutional Court was about to start the debate to change the penal code, one of the nine members of the tribunal was impeded to vote given that he had previously expressed his views on abortion during an interview with a local media outlet. In January 2022, the remaining eight judges voted on the abortion case but there was a tie: four in favor and four against. To break the tie, the judges had to select a temporary member of the Court, who had the last word on decriminalization of abortion and voted in favor today. Also, today the Court requested Congress and the National Government to pass and implement a policy that will allow all Colombian women to access safe and legal abortion.\n\n \n\nLa ola verde:<\/em><\/strong>\n\nEn diciembre de 2020,\u00a0Argentina<\/a> Congress passed legislation allowing women to terminate their pregnancies during the first trimester. This victory followed more than a decade of organizing by diverse civil society groups and country-wide mobilizations where women, girls and their allies waved green handkerchiefs as a symbol of their demand for reproductive justice.\n\nIn September 2021, the Tribunal Supremo de M\u00e9xico<\/a> ruled that criminal penalties for abortion were unconstitutional because they violated human dignity, autonomy, equality, reproductive health and freedom, among other rights. The rise of the Green Wave across Latin America stands in stark contrast to events in the United States, where abortion bans in Texas and Mississippi are being considered by state appeals courts and the Supreme Court, respectively.\n\n \n\n###\n\nF\u00f2s Feminista<\/a> es una alianza feminista internacional centrada en la salud, los derechos y la justicia sexuales y reproductivos de las mujeres, las ni\u00f1as y las personas de g\u00e9nero diverso. Junto con m\u00e1s de 135 organizaciones locales de todo el mundo, nos dedicamos a la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica, la educaci\u00f3n y la defensa de nuestros objetivos. Esto incluye la prestaci\u00f3n de servicios de salud sexual y reproductiva y la implementaci\u00f3n de estrategias comunitarias que hagan m\u00e1s accesible la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica sexual y reproductiva a las mujeres, las ni\u00f1as y otras personas marginadas. Tambi\u00e9n involucramos a los j\u00f3venes con una educaci\u00f3n sexual integral y brindamos atenci\u00f3n a las sobrevivientes de la violencia de g\u00e9nero. Nos unimos a nuestros socios en las calles, en los tribunales y en otros espacios de defensa como una voz feminista sin complejos, resistiendo la injusticia y defendiendo la igualdad de g\u00e9nero y los derechos reproductivos a nivel local y mundial.\n\nLa Mesa por la Vida y la Salud de las Mujeres<\/a> fund\u00f3 el movimiento Causa Justa en 2018 en colaboraci\u00f3n con otras cuatro organizaciones: el Centro de Derechos Reproductivos, Cat\u00f3licas por el Derecho a Decidir Colombia, Grupo M\u00e9dico por el Derecho a Decidir Colombia y Women\u2019s Link Worldwide. El movimiento ha crecido hasta contar con m\u00e1s de 90 organizaciones y m\u00e1s de 130 personas. Causa Justa busca eliminar el delito de aborto del C\u00f3digo Penal colombiano y, con este fin, present\u00f3 una demanda de inconstitucionalidad en 2020.","":null,"anchor_id":""}}]},"yoast_head":"\nF\u00f2s Feminista Applauds Colombian Court Ruling to Decriminalize Abortion - F\u00f2s Feminista<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Decision from the Colombian Constitutional Court to decriminalize abortion is a victory for women and human rights activists everywhere.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/es\/news-and-stories\/fos-feminista-applauds-colombian-court-ruling-to-decriminalize-abortion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"F\u00f2s Feminista Applauds Colombian Court Ruling to Decriminalize Abortion - F\u00f2s Feminista\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Decision from the Colombian Constitutional Court to decriminalize abortion is a victory for women and human rights activists everywhere.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/es\/news-and-stories\/fos-feminista-applauds-colombian-court-ruling-to-decriminalize-abortion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"F\u00f2s Feminista\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-19T22:07:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MesaPorLaVida_LiaValero-8.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1333\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fosfeminista.org\\\/news-and-stories\\\/fos-feminista-applauds-colombian-court-ruling-to-decriminalize-abortion\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fosfeminista.org\\\/news-and-stories\\\/fos-feminista-applauds-colombian-court-ruling-to-decriminalize-abortion\\\/\",\"name\":\"F\u00f2s Feminista Applauds Colombian Court Ruling to Decriminalize Abortion - 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