BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's Constitutional Court ruled on Monday against legalising abortions in up to the first 16 weeks of pregnancy and said the procedure would continue to be allowed in just three specific cases.
The decision dashed the hopes of those who had looked to see abortion legalized in Colombia. The Andean country is part of a region that has some of the world’s strictest reproductive rights laws.
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