{"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\/fr\/news-and-stories\/fos-feminista-applauds-colombian-court-ruling-to-decriminalize-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"F\u00f2s Feminista se f\u00e9licite de la d\u00e9cision de la Cour colombienne de d\u00e9p\u00e9naliser l'avortement"},"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":"Questions prioritaires","issues":[34]},"locations":{"title":"Localisation","locations":[160]},"partners":{"title":"Partenaires","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":"Aujourd'hui <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fos_Feminista\/status\/1495877604469096449\">d\u00e9cision<\/a> La d\u00e9cision de la Cour constitutionnelle colombienne de d\u00e9p\u00e9naliser l'avortement est une victoire pour les femmes et les militants des droits de l'homme du monde entier. Cette d\u00e9cision fait suite \u00e0 une action en justice intent\u00e9e en 2020 par les organisations de l'Association pour la d\u00e9fense des droits de l'homme. <em>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/fr\/\">F\u00f2s Feminista<\/a>, une alliance f\u00e9ministe internationale qui soutient Causa Justa, a publi\u00e9 la d\u00e9claration suivante :\n\n<em>\u201cNous c\u00e9l\u00e9brons la d\u00e9cision de la Cour comme une victoire importante pour toutes les femmes et les filles en Colombie, et en particulier pour les femmes rurales, les survivantes de la violence sexiste et les autres personnes marginalis\u00e9es qui sont les plus touch\u00e9es par la criminalisation de l'avortement. Avec nos partenaires locaux en Colombie, nous nous efforcerons d'\u00e9largir l'acc\u00e8s \u00e0 des informations sur l'avortement fond\u00e9es sur les droits et \u00e0 des soins d'avortement s\u00fbrs, notamment par le biais de la t\u00e9l\u00e9sant\u00e9 et de plateformes communautaires, et nous soutiendrons les r\u00e9seaux d'accompagnement pour les avortements autog\u00e9r\u00e9s.<\/em>\n\n<em>\u201cBien que notre lutte se poursuive, la d\u00e9cision de la Cour supr\u00eame colombienne d\u00e9montre la force des mouvements f\u00e9ministes qui s'organisent pour exiger la justice en mati\u00e8re de procr\u00e9ation. Nous avons vu l'Argentine, le Mexique et maintenant la Colombie rejeter des lois qui p\u00e9nalisent et incarc\u00e8rent les femmes pour avoir fait des choix concernant leur corps et leur avenir. Enthousiasm\u00e9s par cette d\u00e9cision r\u00e9volutionnaire, nous nous joignons aux militants de toute la r\u00e9gion pour agiter avec enthousiasme nos mouchoirs verts en signe de solidarit\u00e9\u201d.\u201d<\/em>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAura Carolina Cuasapud, porte-parole de Causa Justa, qui a intent\u00e9 l'action en justice \u00e0 l'origine de la d\u00e9cision de la Cour aujourd'hui, s'est exprim\u00e9e en ces termes :\n\n<em>\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&nbsp;\n\n<strong><em>Bref historique de la d\u00e9criminalisation en Colombie :<\/em><\/strong>\n\nEn 2006, la Cour constitutionnelle colombienne a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 d'autoriser l'avortement sous r\u00e9serve de trois exceptions, \u00e0 savoir <em>causes<\/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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/12\/02\/three-reasons-decriminalize-abortion-colombia\">132 000 femmes en Colombie<\/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&nbsp;\n\n<strong><em>La Vague verte :<\/em><\/strong>\n\nEn d\u00e9cembre 2020,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fosfeminista.orgmedia\/a-brief-history-of-the-green-wave\/\">L'Argentine<\/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 <a href=\"https:\/\/fosfeminista.orgmedia\/raising-the-green-wave-in-mexico\/\">Cour supr\u00eame du Mexique<\/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&nbsp;\n\n###\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fosfeminista.orgabout-us\/\">F\u00f2s Feminista<\/a> est une alliance f\u00e9ministe internationale centr\u00e9e sur la sant\u00e9, les droits et la justice en mati\u00e8re de sexualit\u00e9 et de procr\u00e9ation pour les femmes, les jeunes filles et les personnes de sexe diff\u00e9rent. Avec plus de 135 organisations locales \u00e0 travers le monde, nous nous engageons dans les domaines de la sant\u00e9, de l'\u00e9ducation et de la d\u00e9fense des droits pour faire avancer notre programme. Il s'agit notamment de fournir des services de sant\u00e9 sexuelle et g\u00e9n\u00e9sique et de mettre en \u0153uvre des strat\u00e9gies communautaires qui rendent les soins de sant\u00e9 sexuelle et g\u00e9n\u00e9sique plus accessibles aux femmes, aux filles et aux autres personnes en marge de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9. Nous proposons \u00e9galement aux jeunes une \u00e9ducation sexuelle compl\u00e8te et prodiguons des soins aux victimes de violences sexistes. Nous nous tenons aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s de nos partenaires dans la rue, devant les tribunaux et dans d'autres espaces de plaidoyer, en tant que voix f\u00e9ministe sans \u00e9quivoque, r\u00e9sistant \u00e0 l'injustice et plaidant pour l'\u00e9galit\u00e9 des sexes et les droits g\u00e9n\u00e9siques au niveau local et mondial.\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/despenalizaciondelaborto.org.co\/\">La Mesa por la Vida y la Salud de las Mujeres<\/a> a fond\u00e9 le mouvement Causa Justa en 2018 en collaboration avec quatre autres organisations : le Center for Reproductive Rights, Cat\u00f3licas por el Derecho a Decidir Colombia, Grupo M\u00e9dico por el Derecho a Decidir Colombia et Women's Link Worldwide. Le mouvement s'est d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 et compte aujourd'hui plus de 90 organisations et plus de 130 personnes. Causa Justa cherche \u00e0 \u00e9liminer le crime d'avortement du code p\u00e9nal colombien et a d\u00e9pos\u00e9 une plainte pour inconstitutionnalit\u00e9 \u00e0 cette fin en 2020.","":null,"anchor_id":""}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>F\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\/fr\/news-and-stories\/fos-feminista-applauds-colombian-court-ruling-to-decriminalize-abortion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"F\u00f2s Feminista Applauds Colombian Court Ruling to Decriminalize Abortion - 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