"This situation disproportionately impacted poor, rural and younger women in Colombia, who were more likely to have an unsafe abortion and to be prosecuted for abortion. One in two poor and rural women have complications requiring medical attention after having a clandestine abortion, as compared to one in three country-wide. And nearly all the women who faced criminal penalties for having an abortion in Colombia (97 percent, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights) lived in rural areas, while two in three never completed high school, and one in two were under 25 years old, according to the Health and Human Rights Journal."
~ Giselle Carino
"How Feminists Won a Historic Abortion Ruling in Colombia" - Ms. Magazine
https://msmagazine.com/2022/03/10/abortion-colombia-feminist/
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