Chilean President-elect Gabriel Boric has again strongly condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and called on public opinion to watch and listen closely to the nine minutes message of Ukrainian president Volodimir Zelenski to the Russian people.
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By Anastasia Moloney BOGOTA, Feb 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Colombian court ruling this week that decriminalizes abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy is the latest gain for abortion rights in Latin America, where some of the world's toughest curbs are meeting growing opposition. As a number of U.S. states https://news.trust.org/item/20211213111407-g5me4 enact laws making it more difficult for women to get an abortion, Monday's ruling makes Colombia the region's third country in two years to decriminalize terminations, following Argentina and Mexico.
Judges on the Constitutional Court of Colombia on Monday voted to decriminalize abortion until 24 weeks of gestation, in a victory for abortion rights groups, which sued to have the procedure removed from the penal code.
The decision adds Colombia to a list of Latin American countries that have recently liberalized abortion access, including Mexico and Ecuador.
Abortion was partially legalized in Colombia under a 2006 court decision that allowed it only in cases of rape, fatal fetal deformity and health of the woman, without any time limits.
Under Monday’s ruling, backed by five of nine judges, women will not be prosecuted
Non-industrial fishermen in the Chilean city of Osorno have requested President-elect Gabriel Boric to create a Ministry of the Sea and insisted on the need to change the Fisheries Law so as to eliminate trawling.