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Decriminalization of abortion in Colombia to be debated by Constitutional Court

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In the coming weeks, the magistrates of Colombia's Constitutional Court will vote on removing abortion as one of the crimes contemplated in the Penal Code, in an essential debate for women's sexual and reproductive rights.

The first debate is item 6 of this Wednesday's agenda, but sources close to the Constitutional Court indicate that it is not known if there will be time to address it. Still, in any case, the Full Chamber has to decide before November 19.

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