Articulo De Opinion De La Legalizacion Del Aborto

WATCH: Argentina`s Senate debates abortion bill The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that every year, 46 million women worldwide resort to abortion to terminate their pregnancies. Of these, 27 million are practiced legally and safely, while 19 million are practiced secretly and generally in unsanitary conditions. The possibility of a conviction has so far limited access to safe and legal abortion in Colombia, especially among the poorest women. Thousands of clandestine abortions are registered in the country, with often fatal consequences for many destitute women. In 2006, the Constitutional Court decriminalized abortion in only three cases: rape, malformation of the fetus incompatible with life or risk to the physical or mental health of the woman. But the coexistence of crimes against women and for the perpetrators of abortions (often women©) has pushed pregnant women out of the legal channel to undergo an interruption in generally very precarious conditions and with little health control. In addition, most of the complaints that led to the prosecution of about 400 women each year came from ± of the health system itself, which was reluctant to perform abortions due to the potential legal consequences. Although, technically, all voluntary abortions should correspond to the cause of mental health, the reality for women, especially the most vulnerable, is different. Over the past 16 years, the great challenge has been the implementation of this right. As there are no massive information campaigns, citizens do not know that they have it, and therefore they are systematically refused. The reasons approved in 2006 could have been sufficient on paper, but they have led to confusion in their implementation and, as a result, only between 1% and 9% of the approximately 400,000 abortions performed each year in Colombia take place legally.

WATCH: Guadalupe Tagliaferri: “Abortion is not a religious issue, but a public health issue” Right now, the information presented shows us that Americans tend to favor the legalization of abortion in all its forms. Mexicans, for their part, are more inclined to legalize abortion, but only in certain circumstances. While Latinos living in the United States are quite divided on this issue. The court`s final decision did not completely remove abortion from the penal code, which was one of our demands, but chose a mixed model between the cases and 24 weeks to be able to perform it. During this six-month period set by the Court of Justice, there was a scandal. Of course, abortion in the first trimester is much easier and safer, which is why between 90% and 85% of abortions are performed this semester. But let us remember that on average, a woman with information about her sexual and reproductive health and regular cycles (ideal conditions that apply only to a minority) recognizes her pregnancy at the earliest in the fifth week. The report The Criminalization of Abortion in Colombia, prepared in 2021, showed that even after 2006, 64% of complaints about consensual abortions (which should mainly fall within the cause of mental health) and only 14% about forced abortions, which should be the ideal application of the crime. In the case of Hispanics living in the United States, 50% of people who belong to this group are in a moderate position. However, unlike what is happening in Mexico, Latinos are practically divided between a position that, in some cases, advocates the legalization of abortion and condemns it. According to the WHO itself, the latter has resulted in the deaths of about 68,000 women worldwide each year as a result of unsafe abortions. This delicate situation has led who and other governmental and non-governmental bodies to show a broad interest in the public health aspects of the practice of unsafe abortions.

An abortion should be performed as soon as possible and as late as necessary. Only every person who decides to have an abortion knows what is best for their life, so no one else should be able to make that decision, let alone judge it. Pregnant people abort, have had abortions and will still have abortions, but this phrase allows them to do so in a dignified, safe and restorative way. Forced motherhood must cease to be a condemnation for women and girls, and this sentence opens up the possibility of exercising ministry without obstacles, so that those who want to be mothers can do so on our terms and if we feel ready. The Court now has an opportunity to put an end to the injustices caused by the non-enforcement of the laws on partial abortion. It must be removed from the Penal Code because it violates the fundamental rights to health, equality and liberty. Especially by girls and teenage girls who are forced to be mothers. On this occasion, I believe there is a greater conviction that the abortion project can be approved because there is greater social acceptance. We are remarkably optimistic that abortion will now become law. The partial decriminalization of abortion has proven ineffective and appears to be a deliberate violation of fundamental rights.

The legalization of abortion is urgent and requires adjustments on several fronts. For example, in the right to be informed of the application of laws. Population for abortion in some countries of the world in 2021 Those who believe that abortion should be illegal in all cases are elderly people – 56 years and older – with little education, who receive an income of less than $652 and belong to a non-Catholic religion. then there would be the Latino group living in the United States (17%) and, ultimately, there would be Mexicans (12%). In Argentina, the long practice of abortion in all social spheres is undeniable. I have repeatedly stressed the legitimacy of the practice of abortion over the centuries. Although – due to criminal law – many women of all classes have gone into hiding, they have had abortions, and otherwise one would not understand the unstoppable decline in birth rates in Argentina since the beginning of the twentieth century, the progressive limitation of births that this country is a pioneer in terms of “demographic change” in Latin America (Pantelides and Rofman, 1983). Those who believe abortion should be illegal in some cases are mainly people between the ages of 46 and 55 who have no education, live in a free union, do not participate in any religion, and earn less than $1,303. However, alongside this increased interest in this topic, there has also been a strong debate in many parts of the world about whether abortion should be legal in all cases or whether it would only be allowed in certain circumstances. Then, the legal abortion procedure, with all the barriers to entry and denials from service providers, can take up to 66 days for women in the city. Rural women have to cross the sky, sea and land to reach a unit that provides them with service, and it takes weeks. There are also many girls who are systematically raped before their first period and do not recognize a pregnancy until it has progressed.

And malformations incompatible with life that are detected only in the second trimester. Colombia`s Constitutional Court has the power to rule on the full legalization of abortion in the coming weeks. Currently, it is considered a crime, except in three specific circumstances: when there is a risk to the health or life of the pregnant woman, when the fetal diagnosis is serious, and in cases of rape, incest or non-consensual fertilization. If we analyze the opinion of Mexicans on the legality of abortion by segment, we find that they are people with university education who live in a common-law union and earn between $1,305 and $2,609 and $6,524 to $13,047; those who believe that abortion should be legal in all cases. The court`s decision comes after©many months of waiting for the settlement of a lawsuit brought by the group Just Cause, which has called for the removal of the criminal code of the crime of abortion. The inability of judges to gain greater power forced them to reduce decriminalization, which ultimately decided in 24 weeks with a close vote of five to four. This is a historic failure in a deeply conservative country that has also©changed its criteria: today, only 20% of the population believes that a woman should go to prison for an abortion.